El Salvador

Television is the most important medium in the country. It is the most widespread and the one that receives the most from advertisers.

Print page

62

Press freedom ranking
50.3%

Internet penetration
115

Peace index ranking
N/A

Most trusted medium
N/A

Net trust index
Presidential Republic

Government type

Authors

César Castro Fagoaga: Journalist He is the author of the chapters between the Overview and Professional development and of the Conclusion, written in 2018
Andrea Cristancho Cuesta: Consultant and Researcher She is co-author of the chapters between the Overview and Professional development and author of the chapters between Media development organisations and Traditional forms of communications, written in 2018; This report was made possible with the support of FPU. It has been revised with the kind help of Oscar Antonio Pérez and Carlos Augusto Barrera.

Mobile coverage

By the first quarter of 2016, 82 percent of the country’s territory had access to a mobile network coverage, mostly in urban areas. However, Tigo, Telefónica, Claro and Digicel are investing in infrastructure to increase their network coverage in rural areas. Mobile users are increasing the use of data and Internet speed requirements, urging the mobile companies to increase the network coverage and speed connection.

Currently, according to International Telecommunications Union (ITU), El Salvador is the country that has least advanced in the implementation of LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology or 4G. It is the only country in Central America and in Latin America only Cuba has the same level of advancement.

El Salvador

62

50.3%

115

N/A

N/A

Presidential Republic

Authors

Mobile coverage

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