Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 154,000 (July 2016 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (July 2016 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 127

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total subscriptions: 3.782 million (July 2016 est.)
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 55 (July 2016 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 130

Telephone system:
general assessment: services are minimal; facilities provide radiotelephone and telegraph, coastal radio, aeronautical radio, and international radio communication services; a great deal of the population is under served in telecommunications; terrain, living conditions and economice stability is not high; new submarine cable installed in 2018 will increase capacity, reliability and reduce Internet costs; 3G and 4G LTE in urban areas (2016)
domestic: access to telephone services is not widely available; fixed-line 2 per 100 and mobile-cellular 55 per 100 person, teledensity has increased (2016)
international: country code - 675; submarine cables to Australia and Guam; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean); international radio communication service; new Coral Sea Cable System in 2018 linking PNG, and the Solomons Islands to Australia and APEC partners; planned for 2019 Kacific-1 launch (2016)

Broadcast media:
4 TV stations: 1 commercial station operating since 1987, 1 state-run station launched in 2008, 1 digital free-to-view network launched in 2014, and 1 satellite network Click TV (PNGTV) launched in 2015; the state-run National Broadcasting Corporation operates 3 radio networks with multiple repeaters and about 20 provincial stations; several commercial radio stations with multiple transmission points as well as several community stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are accessible (2018)

Internet country code:
.pg

Internet users:
total: 652,071 (July 2016 est.)
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percent of population: 9.6% (July 2016 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 145

Broadband - fixed subscriptions:
total: 17,000 (2017 est.)
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 155