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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 123
258,000 (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 115
3.771 million (2009)
Telephone system
General assessment
System being upgraded by foreign investment; nearly all installed telecommunications capacity now uses digital technology, owing to investments since privatization of the formerly state-owned telecommunications company Domestic Since privatization, access to fixed-line and mobile-cellular services has improved but teledensity still lags behind other Central American countries; fixed-line teledensity roughly 5 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscribership is increasing and approached 65 per 100 persons in 2010; connected to Central American Microwave System International Country code - 505; the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber optic submarine cable provides connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) and 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2009) Broadcast media
Multiple privately-owned terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV in most urban areas; of more than 100 radio stations, nearly all are privately owned; Radio Nicaragua is government-owned and Radio Sandino is controlled by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) (2007) Internet country code
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Internet hosts World Ranking: 72
176,985 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 141
199,800 (2009)
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