Logistics
- Argentina is one of the wealthiest country in South America, its development has started very early compared to its continental counterparts, from here, its logistic installations are very significant for South America. In 2013, there were 1,138 airports in Kazakhstan and 161 of them have paved runways. Argentina imports a lot of Oil&Gas from other South American countries notably Bolivia, that's why the country has 29 997 kilometers of pipeline for gas, 6 240 kilometers of pipeline for oil and 3 695 kilometers of pipeline for refined products.
- The transport by railways is historically important in Argentina with 36 917 kilometers, the network of roads is also very developed with 231 374 kilometers of roadways. The waterways network is not as developed but counts 11 000 kilometers of waterways on Parana and Rio de la Planta river. [1]
- There are also five major seaports: Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Ushuaia.
Communication:
Telephone
[1] CIA World FactBook
[2]Liceus: Formatos repudiados y exitosos de la televisión
[3]Eco (Spanish)
[4] Encyclopædia Britannica. Book of the Year 2009. Statistical appendix: Argentina
Telephone
- general assessment: in 1998 Argentina opened its telecommunications market to competition and foreign investment encouraging the growth of modern telecommunications technology; fiber-optic cable trunk lines are being installed between all major cities; major networks are entirely digital and the availability of telephone service is improving
- domestic: microwave radio relay, fiber-optic cable, and a domestic satellite system with 40 earth stations serve the trunk network; fixed-line teledensity is increasing gradually and mobile-cellular subscribership is increasing rapidly; broadband Internet services are gaining ground
- international: country code - 54; landing point for the Atlantis-2, UNISUR, South America-1, and South American Crossing/Latin American Nautilus submarine cable systems that provide links to Europe, Africa, South and Central America, and US; satellite earth stations - 112; 2 international gateways near Buenos Aires (2011)
- government owns a TV station and a radio network; more than 2 dozen TV stations and hundreds of privately owned radio stations; high rate of cable TV subscription usage (2007)[1]
- Argentine television broadcasting began in 1951 with the inaugural of state-owned Channel 13 (since privatized). The prevalence of cable television, increasing steadily since the first CATV transmitter opened in the city of Junín in 1965, is now the third-widest in the world, reaching at least 78% of households.[2]
- Radio and television broadcasting, whose ownership structure had become increasingly concentrated since the 1980 Media Law, is regulated by a new law advanced by President Cristina Kirchner, and signed on November 11, 2009.[3] This new policy would restrict the number of media licences per proprietor and allocate a greater share of these to the state and NGOs, thereby limiting the influence of the Clarín Group (the largest media conglomerate in Argentina) and other media companies, such as the conservative La Nación.[4]
- There are currently 42 television broadcast stations and 12.5 million television sets in Argentina.
- Argentina is the 23th Country in term of Internet users with 33 million of people or 67% of the population. [1]
[1] CIA World FactBook
[2]Liceus: Formatos repudiados y exitosos de la televisión
[3]Eco (Spanish)
[4] Encyclopædia Britannica. Book of the Year 2009. Statistical appendix: Argentina