Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 340,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 111

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 7.1 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 121 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 105

Telephone system:
general assessment: system being upgraded by foreign investment; nearly all installed telecommunications capacity now uses digital technology, owing to investments since privatization of the formerly state-owned telecommunications company
domestic: since privatization, access to fixed-line and mobile-cellular services has improved; fixed-line teledensity roughly 5 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscribership has increased to roughly 85 per 100 persons
international: country code - 505; the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber optic submarine cable provides connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) and 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)

Broadcast media:
multiple privately owned terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV in most urban areas; of more than 100 radio stations, nearly all are privately owned; Radio Nicaragua is government-owned and Radio Sandino is controlled by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998)

Television - broadcast stations:
16 (2009)

Internet country code:
.ni

Internet hosts:
296,068 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 63
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 845,100
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percent of population: 14.5% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 123