Telephones - main lines in use: Telephones - mobile cellular: Telephone system:
Broadcast media: Internet hosts: Internet users:
5.461 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 30
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]
13.354 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 63
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]
general assessment:
adequate, modern networks reach all areas; good mobile telephone and international service
domestic:
microwave radio relay trunk system; extensive open-wire connections; submarine cable to offshore islands
international:
country code - 30; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Europe, Middle East, and Asia; a number of smaller submarine cables provide connectivity to various parts of Europe, the Middle East, and Cyprus; tropospheric scatter; satellite earth stations - 4 (2 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean, 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat - Indian Ocean region)
Broadcast media dominated by the private sector; roughly 150 private TV channels, about ten of which broadcast nation-wide; 1 government owned terrestrial TV channel with national coverage; 3 privately owned satellite channels; multi-channel satellite and cable TV services available; upwards of 1,500 radio stations, all of them privately owned; government owned broadcaster has 2 national radio stations (2014)
3.201 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 32
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
4.971 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 46
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]