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Total subscriptions: 556,112 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 92
Total subscriptions: 47,951,228 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 87 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 31
General assessment: Remains one of the last underdeveloped telecoms markets in Asia; the mobile market has experienced rapid growth from 2013 to 2017, in 2014 foreign competion was allowed to compete in the market (2017)
Domestic: Fixed-line is less than 1 per 100, while moblie-cellular is 87 per 100 and shows great potential for the future (2017)
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)