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The technical regulator of communications in Chile is the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications, through the Undersecretariat of Telecommunications (Subtel).

• Telephone

• History

• Radio

• Television

• Internet

• Other technical details

• References

Telephone and telegraph services started in Chile in 1879, three years after Alexander Graham Bell, presented his patent for a telephonic system. José Dottin Husbands, an associate of Thomas Edison, arrived into the port of Valparaíso carrying the first set of switching equipment and telephones.cite-ref-1[1] By 1880 the first telephone company of the country is born (Compañía Chilena de Teléfonos de Edison), while in 1893, after a rapid expansion in the northern regions of Chile, telephone services started operating in the south, thanks to the founding of Telefónica del Sur (current day Grupo GTD), a company created by a group of German immigrants that had previously settled in the area of Valdivia, Región de los Ríos.

• Main lines in use: 2,567,938 (2020 est.)cite-ref-cia-2-0[2]

• Mobile cellular: 25,068,249 (2020 est.)cite-ref-cia-2-1[2]

• Pre-paid: 17,283,257

• Post-paid: 6,847,497 cite-ref-desarrollo-digital-3-0[3]

• System: privatization began in 1988; advanced telecommunications infrastructure; modern system based on extensive microwave radio relay facilities; fixed-line connections have dropped in recent years as mobile-cellular usage continues to increase, reaching a level of 85 telephones per 100 personscite-ref-cia-2-2[2]

• Domestic: extensive microwave radio relay links; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations

• international: country code - 56; submarine cables provide links to the US and to Central and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

• Broadcast stations: 1,490 (175 AM; 1,315 FM) (2006)cite-ref-ine-4-0[4]

• Broadcast stations: 63 (plus 121 repeaters) (1997)cite-ref-cia-2-3[2]

• Broadcast television system: NTSCcite-ref-5[5]

• Pay television: 4,158,874 (2012)cite-ref-cambio21-6-0[6]

• Internet hosts: 847,215 (2008)cite-ref-cia-2-4[2]

• Internet users: 16,822,264 (2020 est.)cite-ref-cia-2-5[2]

• Internet mobile users: 4,921,587cite-ref-desarrollo-digital-3-1[3]

• Internet country code: .clcite-ref-cia-2-6[2]

• Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50 Hzcite-ref-7[7]

cite-note-11. ↑ "Historia de la Compañía » Telefónica Chile" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-28.

cite-note-cia-22. ↑ "Chile". The World Factbook (2025 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency.

cite-note-desarrollo-digital-33. ↑ "Número de celulares en Chile superó los 24 millones". Acceso a internet por cada 100 habitantes llega a 41% y banda ancha móvil se acerca a los 5 millones de conexiones. Gobierno de Chile. Retrieved 2013-05-29.

cite-note-ine-44. ↑ Compendio Estadístico 2006, INE.

cite-note-55. ↑ "What are the video format standards used in different countries worldwide?". Sony.com. November 4, 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

cite-note-cambio21-66. ↑ Articulo 2012, Cambio21.

cite-note-77. ↑ "Full list: Plug, socket & voltage by country". WorldStandards. 9 August 2022.