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Telephones Fixed Lines

Total subscriptions: 134,636

Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)

Telephones Mobile Cellular

Total subscriptions: 22,580,071

Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 63.18 (2019 est.)

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Telephone System

General assessment: Before the Taliban takeover in August 2021, Afghanistan had successfully rebuilt infrastructure to create a functional telecom sector that covered nearly all of the population; due to mountainous geography, country relies on its mobile network; mobile broadband penetration growing, but is still low compared to other countries in Asia; operator launched LTE in Kabul; World Bank and other donors support development of a nationwide fiber backbone; terrestrial cable connectivity to five neighboring countries; work on the â€˜Wakhan Corridor Fiber Optic Survey Projectâ€™ to connect to China is nearing completion; major importer of broadcasting equipment from UAE (2019)

Domestic: Before the Taliban takeover in August 2021, 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)

Broadcast Media

Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, independent media outlets have decreased in number and are probably self-censoring criticism of the Taliban; before August 2021, the former Afghan Government-owned broadcaster, Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), operated a series of radio and television stations in Kabul and the provinces and the country had an estimated 174 private radio stations and 83 TV stations; television and radio are key media platforms; only about a fifth of Afghans use the internet, mostly through smartphones (2021)