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Total subscriptions: 514,385
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (July 2016 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 96
Total: 48,728,399
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 86 (July 2016 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 47
General assessment: meets minimum requirements for local and intercity service for business and government
Domestic: the government eased its monopoly on communications in 2013 and granted telecom licenses to three new operators, which has resulted in a dramatic expansion of the wireless network
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 (2016)