Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 15,100
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 194
Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 516,500
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 72 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 170
Telephone system:
general assessment: digital fixed-line network in most major urban areas and good mobile cellular coverage
domestic: fixed-line density is about 2 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership has been increasing and in 2011 stood at about 60 percent of the population
international: country code - 240; international communications from Bata and Malabo to African and European countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2011)
Broadcast media:
state maintains control of broadcast media with domestic broadcast media limited to 1 state-owned TV station, 1 private TV station owned by the president's eldest son, 1 state-owned radio station, and 1 private radio station owned by the president's eldest son; satellite TV service is available; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are accessible (2013)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 5 (2001)
Television - broadcast stations:
1 (2001)
Internet hosts:
7 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 227
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
Internet users:
total: 115,100
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 15.9% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 167