Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 14,000 (July 2016 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (July 2016 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 189

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total subscriptions: 6,231,009 (July 2016 est.)
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 52 (July 2016 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 112

Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate system of radio telephone communication stations with high maintenance costs and low telephone density; Chad remains one of the least developed on the African continent, telecom infrastructure is particularly low, with penetration rates in all sectors - fixed, mobile and internet -well below African averages (2017)
domestic: fixed-line connections less than 1 per 100 persons,  with mobile-cellular subscribership base of about 52 per 100 persons (2017)
international: country code - 235; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2016)

Broadcast media:
1 state-owned TV station; 2 privately-owned TV stations; state-owned radio network, Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne (RNT), operates national and regional stations; over 10 private radio stations; some stations rebroadcast programs from international broadcasters (2017)

Internet country code:
.td

Internet users:
total: 592,623 (July 2016 est.)
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 5% (July 2016 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 146

Broadband - fixed subscriptions:
total: 10,470 (2017 est.)
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 168