Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 48,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (July 2016 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 158

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 6,653,040
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 62 (July 2016 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 110

Telephone system:
general assessment: the public telecom system was almost completely destroyed or dismantled during the civil war; private companies offer limited local fixed-line service, and private wireless companies offer service in most major cities, while charging some of the lowest rates on the continent
domestic: seven networks compete for customers in the mobile sector; some of these mobile-service providers offer fixed-line and Internet services
international: country code - 252; Mogadishu is a landing point for the EASSy fiber-optic submarine cable system linking East Africa with Europe and North America; this connection ended the country's expensive satellite-dependent Internet access (2016)

Broadcast media:
2 private TV stations rebroadcast Al-Jazeera and CNN; Somaliland has 1 government-operated TV station and Puntland has 1 private TV station; the transitional government operates Radio Mogadishu; 1 SW and roughly 10 private FM radio stations broadcast in Mogadishu; several radio stations operate in central and southern regions; Somaliland has 1 government-operated radio station; Puntland has roughly a half-dozen private radio stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available (2007)

Internet country code:
.so

Internet users:
total: 203,366
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 1.9% (July 2016 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 170