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Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 375,856 (2017 est.)
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (2017 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 105

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total subscriptions: 8,179,876 (2017 est.)
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 136 (2017 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 99

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; lowest fixed-line teledensity and mobile penetration in Central America; a Russian state corporation is operating in the area; LTE service in 60 towns and cities (2016)
domestic: since privatization, access to fixed-line and mobile-cellular services has improved; fixed-line teledensity roughly 6 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscribership has increased to 136 per 100 persons (2016)
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) (2016)

Broadcast media:
multiple terrestrial TV stations, supplemented by cable TV in most urban areas; nearly all are government-owned or affiliated; more than 300 radio stations, both government-affiliated and privately owned (2016)

Internet country code:
.ni

Internet users:
total: 1,466,152 (July 2016 est.)
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percent of population: 24.6% (July 2016 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 123

Broadband - fixed subscriptions:
total: 210,124 (2017 est.)
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 108