General Country Information
Capital: Quito
Population: 13,755,680 (July 2007)
Form of Government: Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 1.701 million (2005)
Telephone- mobile: 6.246 million (2005)
Internet hosts: 19,027 (2006)
Internet users: 616,000 (2005)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.40
World Rank 2005/2006: 97
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Centro de Capacitacion, Asesoria, Documentacion e Investigacion Social (CECADIS)
no contact information currently available
Federacion National de Ciegos del Ecuador (FENCE, National Federation for the Blind of Ecuador)
fencecue@cue.satnet.net
Federacion Nacional de Ecuatorianos con Discapacidad Fisica (FENEDIF)
fenedif1@interactive.net.ec
Federacion Nacional de Sordos del Ecuador
fenasec@yahoo.es
Fundacion General Ecuatoriana (FGE) (General Ecuadorian Foundation)
no contact information currently available
Instituto Nacional de Ciego Ecuatoriana (National Institute for the Blind of Ecuador)
no contact information currently available