Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 150,000
[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: 137

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 3.4 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 51 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 132

Telephone system:
general assessment: services are minimal; facilities provide radiotelephone and telegraph, coastal radio, aeronautical radio, and international radio communication services
domestic: access to telephone services is not widely available although combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity has increased to roughly 40 per 100 persons
international: country code - 675; submarine cables to Australia and Guam; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean); international radio communication service (2009)

Broadcast media:
2 TV stations, 1 commercial station operating since the late 1980s, and 1 state-run station launched in 2008; satellite and cable TV services are available; state-run National Broadcasting Corporation operates 3 radio networks with multiple repeaters and about 20 provincial stations; several commercial radio stations with multiple transmission points as well as several community stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are accessible (2009)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 28 (1998)

Television - broadcast stations:
3 (all in the Port Moresby area; stations at Mt. Hagen, Goroka, Lae, and Rabaul are planned) (2004)

Internet country code:
.pg

Internet hosts:
5,006 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 145
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 164,500
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 2.5% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 162