Editing Telecommunications in Honduras

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'''Telecommunication in Honduras''' started in 1876 when the first telegraph was introduced, continued development with the telephone in 1891, radio in 1928, television in 1959, the Internet in the early 1990s, and cellphones in 1996.

==Radio==
{{main |Radio in Honduras}}

* [[Radio broadcasting|Radio stations]]: Radio Honduras is the lone government-owned radio network; roughly 300 privately owned radio stations (2007).<ref name=CIAWFB-Honduras-2012>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/honduras/ "Communications: Honduras"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 7 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.</ref>
* [[Receiver (radio)|Radios]]: 2.45 million (1997){{update after|2014|1|13}}

The first radio station in Honduras was Tropical Radio, which started operations in 1928.<ref>[http://www.buenastareas.com/ensayos/Historia-De-La-Radio-En-Honduras/547580.html "Historia de la radio en Honduras] {{in lang|es}}, Bienas Tareas, July 2010.</ref>

==Television==
{{Main |Television in Honduras |List of television stations in Latin America#Honduras |l2=List of television stations in Honduras}}

* [[Television broadcasting|Televisions stations]]: Multiple privately owned terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by multiple [[cable TV]] networks (2007).<ref name=CIAWFB-Honduras-2012/>
* [[Television set]]s: 570,000 (1997).{{update after|2014|1|13}}

Television in Honduras includes both local and foreign channels, normally distributed by cable.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.privacyshield.gov/article?id=Honduras-Telecommunications-Electric |title=Honduras – Telecommunications |publisher=Privacy Shield Framework |access-date=2021-04-01 |quote=There ar[sic] 42 local and national TV stations in Honduras, all with Spanish-language programming. Cable and pay TV service is also available with a wide range of stations, including major U.S. networks and entertainment-oriented stations.}}</ref>

The Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL) adopted the [[ATSC standard]] for digital terrestrial television broadcasting in January 2007. The first digital high definition TV station, [[CampusTv]], was founded by [[Universidad de San Pedro Sula]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carlos Mendoza |url=https://www.icfj.org/about/profiles/carlos-mendoza-0 |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=International Center for Journalists |language=en}}</ref>

==Telephones==
{{See also |Telephone numbers in Honduras}}

* [[Calling code]]: +504<ref name=CIAWFB-Honduras-2012/>
* [[List of international call prefixes|International call prefix]]: 00<ref>[http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164C-2011-PDF-E.pdf ''Dialing Procedures (International Prefix, National (Trunk) Prefix and National (Significant) Number) (in Accordance with ITY-T Recommendation E.164 (11/2010))''], Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin No. 994-15.XII.2011, International Telecommunication Union (ITU, Geneva), 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.</ref>
* Main lines: 610,000 lines in use, 91st in the world (2012).<ref name=CIAWFB-Honduras-2012/>
* Mobile cellular: 7.4 million lines, 93rd in the world (2012).<ref name=CIAWFB-Honduras-2012/>
* Telephone system: fixed-line connections increasing but still limited; competition among multiple providers of mobile-cellular services is contributing to a sharp increase in subscribership; beginning in 2003, private sub-operators allowed to provide fixed-lines in order to expand telephone coverage contributing to a small increase in fixed-line teledensity; mobile-cellular subscribership is roughly 100 per 100 persons; connected to Central American Microwave System (2011),<ref name=CIAWFB-Honduras-2012/> a trunk [[microwave radio relay]] system that links the countries of [[Central America]] and [[Mexico]] with each other.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003757/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2124.html "Telephone System terms and abbreviations"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 7 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.</ref>
* [[Communications satellite|Satellite earth stations]]: 2 [[Intelsat]] ([[Atlantic Ocean]]).<ref name=CIAWFB-Honduras-2012/> 
* [[List of international submarine communications cables|Communications cables]]: Landing point for both:<ref name=CIAWFB-Honduras-2012/>
**  the [[ARCOS-1|Americas Region Caribbean Optical-ring System]] (ARCOS-1) linking [[United States|US]], [[Mexico]], [[Belize]], [[Guatemala]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Netherlands Antilles]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Turks and Caicos Islands]], and the [[Bahamas]], and 
** the [[MAYA-1]] linking the [[United States|US]], [[Mexico]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Honduras]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], and [[Colombia]].

[[Hondutel]], created in 1976, is the state owned telecommunications company in Honduras.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-09-20|title=While seeking investments, Hondutel to give $4.5 million to Honduran government|url=https://www.rcrwireless.com/20120920/carriers/while-seeks-investor-hondutel-also-shall-submit-government-4-5-million-2|access-date=2020-12-13|website=RCR Wireless News|language=en-US}}</ref>

The first cellular company in Honduras, Celtel (now [[Tigo]]), started operations in 1996. Megatel (now [[Claro Americas|Claro]]) started in 2001, Honducel in 2007, and Digicel (now [[América Móvil]]) in 2008.

==Internet==

* [[Top-level domain]]: [[.hn]]<ref name=CIAWFB-Honduras-2012/>
* [[List of countries by number of Internet users|Internet users]]: 1.5 million users, 105th in the world; 18.1% of the population, 147th in the world (2012).<ref name=NIUCalc>Calculated using penetration rate and population data from [https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329060848/https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php |date=29 March 2017 }}, Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013</ref><ref name=ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet>[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000–2012"], International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Fixed broadband]]: 64,216 subscriptions, 108th in the world; 0.8% of the population, 144th in the world (2012).<ref name=NIUCalc/><ref name="FixedBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Wireless broadband]]: 347,217, 103rd in the world; 4.2% of the population, 115th in the world (2012).<ref name="MobleBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of Internet hosts|Internet hosts]]: 30,955 hosts, 107th in the world (2012).<ref name=CIAWFB-Honduras-2012/>
* [[IPv4]]: 143,616 addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 17.3 addresses per 1000 people (2012).<ref>[http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ Select Formats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513033601/http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ |date=13 May 2009 }}, Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003851/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html Population], [[The World Factbook]], [[United States]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.</ref>
* [[Internet Service Provider]]s: 100+ ISPs (2005).{{Update inline|date=October 2021|reason=This information may be out of date}}

The [[Internet]] has been used in Honduras since 1990 and is common in all the major centers of population. [[Broadband Internet access]] is also common. All major media have an Internet presence.{{citation needed |date=January 2014}}

[[Hondutel]] provides [[dial-up Internet access]].{{citation needed |date=January 2014}}

===Internet censorship and surveillance===

There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet or credible reports that the government monitors [[e-mail]] or Internet [[chat rooms]] without judicial oversight. The constitution and laws provide for [[freedom of speech]] and [[Freedom of the press|press]], and the government generally respects these rights in practice. The constitution and law generally prohibit arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-Honduras-2012>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2012&dlid=204460 "Honduras"], ''Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012'', Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 28 March 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.</ref>

Four journalists were killed during 2012, compared with five in 2011. Reports of harassment of journalists and social communicators (persons not employed as journalists, but who serve as bloggers or conduct public outreach for NGOs) continued to rise. There also were multiple reports of intimidation of members of the media and their families. Government officials at all levels denounced violence and threats of violence against members of the media and social communicators. During 2012 the efforts of the Special Victims Unit (SVU) created in January 2011 to address violent crimes against vulnerable communities, including journalists, led to seven arrests and one prosecution in cases involving killings of journalists and social communicators. Members of the media and NGOs stated that the press “[[self-censorship|self-censored]]” due to fear of reprisal from organized crime.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-Honduras-2012/>

==See also==
* [[Media of Honduras]]
* {{portal-inline|Honduras}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
* {{CIA World Factbook |year=2014}}
* {{US DOS |year=2012}}

==External links==
* [http://www.nic.hn/ NIC.hn], registry for the .hn domain.

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