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Total subscriptions: 118,769 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 138
Total subscriptions: 23,929,713 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 70 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 52
General assessment: Progress has been made on Afghanistan's first limited fixed-line telephone service and nationwide optical fibre backbone; aided by the presence of multiple providers, mobile-cellular telephone service continues to improve swiftly; the Afghan Ministry of Communications and Information claims that more than 90% of the population live in areas with access to mobile-cellular services (2017)
Domestic: Less than 1 per 100 for fixed-line teledensity; 70 per 100 for mobile-cellular; an increasing number of Afghans utilize mobile-cellular phone networks (2017)
International: Country code - 93; multiple VSAT's provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity (2016)