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Total subscriptions: 76,000
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Total subscriptions: 17,946,375
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 89 (2017 est.)
General assessment: System includes microwave radio relay, open-wire, and radiotelephone communication stations; with slow regulatory procedures, insufficient mobile spectrum, and poor condition of fixed-line networks the development of fixed-line Internet services leave Burkina Faso with some of the most expensive telecommunications globally; mobile telephony has experienced growth, but below the African average; Burkina Faso joins G5 Sahel countries to stop roaming fees by 2019; govt proposes technology-neutral licenses to boost mobile broadband connectivity (2018)
Domestic: Fixed-line connections stand at less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage 91.4 per 100, with multiple providers there is competition and the hope for growth from a low base; Internet penetration is 11% countrywide, but higher in urban areas (2018)
International: Country code - 226; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)