Cabo Verde Communications - 2024

Telephones - fixed lines

total subscriptions: 57,020 (2022 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9 (2021 est.)

Telephones - mobile cellular

total subscriptions: 590,171 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 100 (2021 est.)

Telecommunication systems

general assessment: LTE reaches almost 40% of the population; regulator awards commercial 4G licenses and starts 5G pilot; govt. extends USD 25 million for submarine fiber-optic cable project linking Africa to Portugal and Brazil (2020)

domestic: 9 per 100 fixed-line teledensity and nearly 100 per 100 mobile-cellular (2021)

international: country code - 238; landing points for the Atlantis-2, EllaLink, Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 1, 2, 3 and WACS fiber-optic transatlantic telephone cable that provides links to South America, Africa, and Europe; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)

Broadcast media

state-run TV and radio broadcast network plus a growing number of private broadcasters; Portuguese public TV and radio services for Africa are available; transmissions of a few international broadcasters are available (2019)

Internet country code

.cv

Internet users

total: 413,000 (2021 est.)

percent of population: 70% (2021 est.)

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

total: 24,839 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (2020 est.)