Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 14.04 million
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 60 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 18

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 30.4 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 130 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 43

Telephone system:
general assessment: provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
domestic: thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international: country code - 886; roughly 15 submarine fiber cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2011)

Broadcast media:
5 nationwide television networks operating roughly 75 TV stations; about 85% of households utilize multi-channel cable TV; national and regional radio networks with about 170 radio stations (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 21, FM 143, shortwave 1 (2008)

Television - broadcast stations:
76 (5 television networks with 46 digital and 30 analog stations) (2007)

Internet country code:
.tw

Internet hosts:
6.272 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 18
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 16.1 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 70.0% (2009)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 36