Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 280,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 117

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 14.1 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 74 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 69

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 telephone network; by 2010, the number of fixed-line providers had expanded to 5; Angola Telecom established mobile-cellular service in Luanda in 1993 and the network has been extended to larger towns; a privately owned, mobile-cellular service provider began operations in 2001
domestic: about two fixed lines per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity about 50 telephones per 100 persons in 2011
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 (2009)

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-owned Radio Nacional de Angola (RNA) broadcasts on 5 stations; about a half dozen private radio stations broadcast locally (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7 (2001)

Television - broadcast stations:
6 (2000)

Internet country code:
.ao

Internet hosts:
20,703 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 116
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 3.7 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 19.4% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 81