Telephones - main lines in use:
255,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 121
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
3.204 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 112
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

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 reached 55 per 100 persons in 2009; 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 television networks, supplemented by cable TV in most urban areas; of more than 100 radio broadcast 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:
.ni

Internet hosts:
157,162 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 70
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
199,800 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 141
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]