Telecommunication in Honduras started in 1876 when the first telegraph was introduced, continued development with the telephone in 1891, radio in 1928, television in 1959, the Internet in the early 1990s, and cellphones in 1996. Radio• : Radio Honduras is the lone government-owned radio network. There are also roughly 300 privately owned radio stations (2007). • : 2.45 million (1997) The first ra. • : Multiple privately owned terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by multiple networks (2007). • : 570,000 (1997). Television i. • : +504 • : 00 • Main lines: 610,000 lines in use, 91st in the world (2012). • Mobile cellular: 7.4 million lines, 93rd in the world (2012).