Fixed lines: 2.2 million lines, 56th in the world; 15 per 100 persons (2011).[2] Mobile cellular: 15.3 million subscribers, 55th in the world; 100 per 100 persons (2011).[2] International country code: 593.[2] Telephone system: General assessment: elementary fixed-line service, but increasingly sophisticated mobile-cellular network.[2] Domestic: fixed-line services provided by multiple telecommunications operators; mobile-cellular use has surged.[2] International: landing points for the PAN-AM and South America-1 submarine cables that provide links to the west coast of South America, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and extending onward to Aruba and the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean; satellite earth station – 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011).[2]