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Telecommunications in Bolivia includes radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.

Radio and television

  • Radio broadcast stations: AM 171, FM 73, shortwave 77 (1999).
  • Fixed lines: 880,600 lines in use, 80th in the world (2012).
  • Internet users: 3.5 million users, 75th in the world; 34% of the population, 125th in the world (2012).
  • Fixed access: 111,029 subscriptions, 99th in the world; 1.1% of population, 139th in the world (2014).
  • Mobile access: 690,768 subscriptions, 83rd in the world; 6.7% of the population, 101st in the world (2014).
  • IPv4 addresses: 561,920 (2012).
  • Top-level domain: .bo.

Internet censorship and surveillance

There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet. The Bolivian constitution and law provide for freedom of speech and press. Although the government generally respects these rights, in at least two cases in 2012, the government used the anti-racism law to restrict both rights.

  • On 21 October 2012, Vice President Garcia Linera stated that the government records the names of people who insult President Morales on social media sites.
  • On 23 October 2012, the Constitutional Court struck down the libel law that allowed for detention of one month to four years for a person found guilty of insulting, defaming, or slandering public officials.