Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 1.23 million
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 68

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 8.3 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 80 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 94

Telephone system:
general assessment: relatively efficient system based on island-wide microwave radio relay network
domestic: fixed-line teledensity is about 10 per 100 persons; multiple providers of mobile-cellular service with a subscribership of nearly 90 per 100 persons
international: country code - 1-809; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1), Antillas 1, and the Fibralink submarine cables that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)

Broadcast media:
combination of state-owned and privately owned broadcast media; 1 state-owned TV network and a number of private TV networks; networks operate repeaters to extend signals throughout country; combination of state-owned and privately owned radio stations with more than 300 radio stations operating (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4 (1998)

Television - broadcast stations:
25 (2003)

Internet country code:
.do

Internet hosts:
404,500 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 55
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 5 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 48.2% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 69