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Total subscriptions: 161,070
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
Total subscriptions: 13,323,952
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 45 (2017 est.)
General assessment: In the process of a restructure plan and opening up the telecom sector to new competitors, while still retaining a 45% govt portion of the share; slow progress in LTE network development, with only about 10% of the country covered by network infrastructure at the end of 2017 (2018)
Domestic: Only about one fixed-line per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity about 45 telephones per 100 persons (2018)
International: Country code - 244; landing points for the SAT-3/WASC, WACS, ACE and SACS fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to other countries in west Africa, Brazil, Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 29 (2019)