Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 590,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 92

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 6.2 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 172 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 110

Telephone system:
general assessment: domestic and international facilities well-developed
domestic: mobile-cellular telephone subscribership has increased rapidly
international: country code - 507; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1), the MAYA-1, and PAN-AM submarine cable systems that together provide links to the US and parts of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to the Central American Microwave System (2011)

Broadcast media:
multiple privately owned TV networks and a government-owned educational TV station; multi-channel cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; more than 100 commercial radio stations (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 101, FM 134, shortwave 0 (1998)

Television - broadcast stations:
38 (including repeaters) (1998)

Internet country code:
.pa

Internet hosts:
11,022 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 132
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 1.7 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 48.4% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 105