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Total subscriptions: 285,318 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 117
Total subscriptions: 2,364,477 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 168 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 147
General assessment: Modern system; well developed LTE networks, 5G trials tested and deployment in near future; mobile penetration is high compared to the region; development of it own National Broadband Network (NBN); competion is good and telecos are regulated (2017)
Domestic: Modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile-cellular telephones; Â 20 per 100 fixed-line, 168 per 100 mobile-cellular; (2017)
International: Country code - 973; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and US; tropospheric scatter to Qatar and UAE; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; satellite earth station - 1 (2016)