Angola: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 284,925 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 13.885 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 71 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: limited system; state-owned telecom had monopoly for fixed lines until 2005; demand outstripped capacity, prices were high, and services poor; Telecom Namibia, through an Angolan company, became the first private licensed operator in Angola's fixed-line t domestic: only about one fixed line per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity about 71 telephones per 100 persons in 2015 international: country code - 244; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 29 (2015) |
Broadcast media | state controls all broadcast media with nationwide reach; state-owned Televisao Popular de Angola (TPA) provides terrestrial TV service on 2 channels; a third TPA channel is available via cable and satellite; TV subscription services are available; state- (2008) |
Internet country code | .ao |
Internet users | total: 2.434 million percent of population: 12.4% (July 2015 est.) |