Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2.98 (2020 est.)
Telephones Mobile Cellular
Total subscriptions: 745,137
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 96.57 (2019 est.)
Telephone System
General assessment: Bhutan’s telecom market is dominated by the mobile sector for voice and data connections due to poor fixed-line infrastructure and topographic issues; investment is focused on mobile infrastructure and an emergency telecom network for natural disasters; extended LTE to 60% of all mobile Internet users; regulator developing 5G plan; international communication through landline and microwave relay; nascent satellite service; importer of broadcast equipment from IndiaÂ
Broadcast Media
State-owned TV station established in 1999; cable TV service offers dozens of Indian and other international channels; first radio station, privately launched in 1973, is now state-owned; 5 private radio stations are currently broadcasting (2012)