Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 0
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 219
Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 8.7 million
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 76 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 93
Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate system of open-wire lines, small radiotelephone communication stations, and new microwave radio relay system
domestic: Conakry reasonably well-served; coverage elsewhere remains inadequate and large companies tend to rely on their own systems for nationwide links; fixed-line teledensity less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership is expanding and exceeds 40 per 100 persons
international: country code - 224; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)
Broadcast media:
government maintains marginal control over broadcast media; single state-run TV station; state-run radio broadcast station also operates several stations in rural areas; a steadily increasing number of privately owned radio stations, nearly all in Conakry, and about a dozen community radio stations; foreign TV programming available via satellite and cable subscription services (2011)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 5, shortwave 3 (2006)
Television - broadcast stations:
6 (2001)
Internet hosts:
15 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 223
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
Internet users:
total: 195,100
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percent of population: 1.7% (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 156