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Total subscriptions: 21,364 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 174
Total subscriptions: 730,623 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 96 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 164
General assessment: Urban towns and district headquarters have telecommunications services; telecom sector has been continuing on a steady development path; fixed broadband penetration remains very low, due to the preeminence of the mobile platform; next five years to 2023 low to moderate growth is expected from this small base (2017)
Domestic: Domestic service inadequate, notably in rural areas; mobile-cellular service, begun in 2003, is now widely available; 3 to 100 fixed-line, 96 to 100 mobile cellular (2017)
International: Country code - 975; international telephone and telegraph service via landline and microwave relay through India; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (2016)