Telephones - main lines in use: Telephones - mobile cellular: Telephone system:
Broadcast media: Internet hosts: Internet users:
112,000 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 142
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]
14.613 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 59
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]
general assessment:
domestic system unreliable but improving; increasing use of local radio loops to extend network coverage to remote areas
domestic:
fixed-line subscribership remains less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership has increased sharply to about 70 per 100 persons
international:
country code - 223; satellite communications center and fiber-optic links to neighboring countries; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean, 1 Indian Ocean) (2010)
national public TV broadcaster; 2 privately owned companies provide subscription services to foreign multi-channel TV packages; national public radio broadcaster supplemented by a large number of privately owned and community broadcast stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2007)
437 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 186
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
249,800 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 135
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]