Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 880,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 82

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 7.1 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 149 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 104

Telephone system:
general assessment: good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; under the terms of CAFTA-DR, the state-run telecommunications monopoly is scheduled to be opened to competition from domestic and international firms, but has been slow to open to competition
domestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available
international: country code - 506; landing points for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1), MAYA-1, and the Pan American Crossing submarine cables that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)

Broadcast media:
multiple privately owned TV stations and 1 publicly owned TV station; cable network services are widely available; more than 100 privately owned radio stations and a public radio network (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002)

Television - broadcast stations:
20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002)

Internet country code:
.cr

Internet hosts:
147,258 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 78
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 2.4 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 50.9% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 92