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Total subscriptions: 125,232
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
Total subscriptions: 21,239,280
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 59.36 (2019 est.)
General assessment: Progress has been made on Afghanistan's first limited fixed-line telephone service and nationwide optical fiber 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 service; moderate growth through 2024, assuming stable governance and improving economic environment (2020)
Domestic: Less than 1 per 100 for fixed-line teledensity; 59 per 100 for mobile-cellular; an increasing number of Afghans utilize mobile-cellular phone networks (2019)
International: Country code - 93; multiple VSAT's provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity (2019)