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Total subscriptions: 1,688,325 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 61
Total subscriptions: 10.127 million (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 102 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 83
General assessment: More competition exists in the mobile-cellular market; Azerbaijan has moderate mobile, mobile broadband and fixed broadband penetration compared to other Asian nations; Pre-5G network operating on the TD-LTE standard (2017)
Domestic: Teledensity of some 17 fixed-lines per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity has increased to 102 telephones per 100 persons; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch in its exclave of Naxcivan (Nakhchivan) (2017)
International: Country code - 994; the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic link transits Azerbaijan providing international connectivity to neighboring countries; the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; satellite earth stations - 2 (2017)