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Total subscriptions: 110,000
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 145
Total: 19.709 million
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 61 (July 2015 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 51
General assessment: limited fixed-line telephone service; an increasing number of Afghans utilize mobile-cellular phone networks
Domestic: aided by the presence of multiple providers, mobile-cellular telephone service continues to improve rapidly; the Afghan Ministry of Communications and Information claims that more than 90 percent of the population live in areas with access to mobile-cellular services
International: country code - 93; multiple VSAT's provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity (2012)