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Total subscriptions: 120,925
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (July 2015 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 140
Total: 311,000
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 96 (July 2015 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 178
General assessment: modern facilities
Domestic: totally automatic system; highly developed; the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network links all of the major islands; Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) privatized in 2011, but the government reacquired 51% share in 2014
International: country code - 1-242; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2015)