Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 4,251,564 (2017 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (2017 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 33

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total subscriptions: 11,961,089 (2017 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 104 (2017 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 76

Telephone system:
general assessment: highly developed, technologically advanced, and completely automated domestic and international telephone and telegraph facilities; LTE availability is nearly universal in mobile sector; ongoing investments in developing applications and services for 5G; consumer are interested in quad-play services (broadband +television +telephone +wireless services)  which will mean MNOs (mobile network operators)  are enhancing their fixed-line offerings (2017)
domestic: nationwide mobile-cellular telephone system; extensive cable network; limited microwave radio relay network; 37 per 100 fixed-line, 104 per 100 mobile-cellular (2017)
international: country code - 32; landing point for a number of submarine cables that provide links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat - 3) (2015)

Broadcast media:
a segmented market with the three major communities (Flemish, French, and German-speaking) each having responsibility for their own broadcast media; multiple TV channels exist for each community; additionally, in excess of 90% of households are connected to cable and can access broadcasts of TV stations from neighboring countries; each community has a public radio network coexisting with private broadcasters (2009)

Internet country code:
.be

Internet users:
total: 9,870,734 (July 2016 est.)
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percent of population: 86.5% (July 2016 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 48

Broadband - fixed subscriptions:
total: 4,378,973 (2017 est.)
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 38 (2017 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 30