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Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 13,565,064 (2017 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 58 (2017 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 16

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total subscriptions: 28,777,408 (2017 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 122 (2017 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 44

Telephone system:
general assessment: provides telecommunications service for every business and private need (2016)
domestic: thoroughly modern; completely digitalized (2016)
international: country code - 886; roughly 15 submarine fiber cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2016)

Broadcast media:
5 nationwide television networks operating roughly 75 TV stations; about 60% of households utilize multi-channel cable TV; national and regional radio networks with about 171 radio stations (2016)

Internet country code:
.tw

Internet users:
total: 20.601 million (July 2016 est.)
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percent of population: 88% (July 2016 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 32

Broadband - fixed subscriptions:
total: 5,713,568 (2017 est.)
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 24 (2017 est.)
[see also: Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 26