Afghanistan: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 110,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 19.709 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 61 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: limited fixed-line telephone service; an increasing number of Afghans utilize mobile-cellular phone networks domestic: aided by the presence of multiple providers, mobile-cellular telephone service continues to improve rapidly; the Afghan Ministry of Communications and Information claims that more than 90 percent of the population live in areas with access to mobile-cellu international: country code - 93; multiple VSAT's provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity (2012) |
Broadcast media | state-owned broadcaster, Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), operates a series of radio and television stations in Kabul and the provinces; an estimated 150 private radio stations, 50 TV stations, and about a dozen international broadcasters are available (2007) |
Internet country code | .af |
Internet users | total: 2.69 million percent of population: 8.3% (July 2015 est.) |