Japan: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 63,633,050 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 50 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 158.591 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 125 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: excellent domestic and international service domestic: high level of modern technology and excellent service of every kind international: country code - 81; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 7 Intelsat (Pacific and Indian Oceans), 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region), 2 Inmarsat (Pacific and Indian (2012) |
Broadcast media | a mixture of public and commercial broadcast TV and radio stations; 6 national terrestrial TV networks including 1 public broadcaster; the large number of radio and TV stations available provide a wide range of choices; satellite and cable services provid (2012) |
Internet country code | .jp |
Internet users | total: 118.453 million percent of population: 93.3% (July 2015 est.) |