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Total subscriptions: 9,530,349 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 22 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 19
Total subscriptions: 61,897,379 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 140 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 26
General assessment: Argentina opened its telecommunications market to competition and foreign investment encouraging the growth of modern telecommunications technology in 1998; major networks are entirely digital and the availability of telephone service continues to improve to rural areas; even with numerous providers there is a lack of competition; still Argentina is the 3rd largest in the region after Brazil and Mexico (2017)
Domestic: Microwave radio relay, fiber-optic cable, and a domestic satellite system with 40 earth stations serve the trunk network; 22 per 100 fixed-line, 144 per 100 mobile-cellular (2017)
International: Country code - 54; landing point for the Atlantis-2, UNISUR, South America-1, and South American Crossing/Latin American Nautilus submarine cable systems that provide links to Europe, Africa, South and Central America, and US; satellite earth stations - 112; 2 international gateways near Buenos Aires;Â building started on the ARBR submarine cable between Argentina and Brazil (2017)