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Telecommunications in Paraguay

Telecommunications in Paraguay is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Telecommunications in Paraguay rather than just read about it. In short: Telecommunications in Paraguay are meager. Paraguay has the lowest fixed-line telephone density in South America, with 5.6 lines per 100 residents, compared with 8.7 per 100 in Bolivia, 21.9 in Brazil, and 24.9 in Argentina.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Telecommunications in Paraguay are meager. Paraguay has the lowest fixed-line telephone density in South America, with 5.6 lines per 100 residents, compared with 8.7 per 100 in Bolivia, 21.9 in Brazil, and 24.9 in Argentina.

Telephones The state-owned Corporación Paraguaya de Comunicaciones (Copaco) is known for inefficiency and overstaffing. Privatization was attempted in 2002, but failed in the midst of the banking scandal. With only 5.6 percent of the population having access to a land-line connection, the meager telephone network has resulted in rapid growth in mobile phone use.

An extremely deprived and meager telephone service; Principal switching center is Asunción Domestic: microwave radio relay network International: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) in 2009 International country code: 595 Fixed telephone subscriptions: 364,557; 6.1% of the population in 2011 Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: 6,529,053; 99.4% of the population in 2011

Radio and television As in many South American countries, radio is an important disseminator of information in Paraguay.

Radio stations: roughly 75 commercial and community stations; one state-owned radio network in 2010 Radios: 4.475,000 in 1997 Television broadcast stations: 6 privately owned and one state-owned in 2010 Televisions: 4.429,000 in 1997; 750,000 households in 2004

Internet Country code (top level domain): .py Households with a computer: 22.7% in 2011 Internet users: 1,543,715; 24% of the population in 2011 (95th in the world) Households with Internet access at home: 19.3% in 2011 Internet hosts: 278,473; 64th in the world in 2010 Fixed broadband Internet subscriptions: 28,147; 0.44% of the population in 2010 IPv4 addresses allocated: 365,312; 5.6 per 100 inhabitants

Censorship

The law provides for freedom of speech and press, and the government generally respects these rights in practice. Individuals criticize the government publicly and privately, generally without reprisal or impediment. There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet or credible reports that the government monitored e-mail or Internet chat rooms. Individuals and groups could engage in the expression of views via the Internet, including by e-mail.

Media crackdown following June 2012 Impeachment of Fernando Lugo

Following 22 June 2012 parliamentary coup that ousted President Fernando Lugo and made then Vice President, Federico Franco, the new president, the new government appears to be in the process of assuming complete control of the state-owned media and its hostility is affecting journalists with the privately owned media as well. In what is seem as an attempt by the government to further control the media, the leader of the Paraguay Broadcasters Union (URP) has called for action against "more than 1,200 pirate radios operating in the country" which he accused of "inciting crime" on many occasions. He also asked the telecoms watchdog CONATEL to withdraw the licences of all stations implicated in what he termed illegal acts, without specifying what they were. There is tension between community radio stations, many of which were staunch opponents of 22 June coup, and the new government due to changes in the recently amended Telecommunications law that could adversely affect the future of community radio stations, many of which are poorly funded and not yet in possession of broadcasting licences. New clauses in the law place a ban on advertising on such stations, restrict their transmission range, and open the possibility of legal action against their representatives if they broadcast without a licence.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Telecommunications in Paraguay

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Telecommunications in Paraguay claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Telecommunications in Paraguay before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Telecommunications in Paraguay ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Telecommunications in Paraguay

In research: Telecommunications in Paraguay appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Telecommunications in Paraguay in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Telecommunications in Paraguay is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Telecommunications in Paraguay, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Telecommunications in Paraguay outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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