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Total subscriptions: 530,000
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2014 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 96
Total: 26.6 million
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 48 (2014 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 47
General assessment: meets minimum requirements for local and intercity service for business and government
Domestic: system barely capable of providing basic service; mobile-cellular phone system is grossly underdeveloped
International: country code - 95; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2, Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and ShinSat (2011)