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Total subscriptions: 64,970 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 153
Total subscriptions: 612,259 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 109 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 166
General assessment: Good system, extensive modernization from 1996-2000 following partial privatization in 1995; major service provider is Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT) (2017)
Domestic: 12 per 100 fixed-line and 109 per 100 mobile-cellular; fiber-optic ring, completed in 2001, links all islands providing Internet access and ISDN services; cellular service introduced in 1998; broadband services launched early in the decade (2017)
International: Country code - 238; landing point for the Atlantis-2 fiber-optic transatlantic telephone cable that provides links to South America, Senegal, and Europe; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); new agreement between CVT and private company and subsea fibre connectivity in 2020 will promote growth in Internet, cloud computing and 5G services to the region, reaching Europe and Latin America (2017)