Cabo Verde: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 58,456 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 646,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 118 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: effective system, extensive modernization from 1996-2000 following partial privatization in 1995 domestic: major service provider is Cabo Verde Telecom; fiber-optic ring, completed in 2001, links all islands providing Internet access and ISDN services; cellular service introduced in 1998; broadband services launched in 2004 international: country code - 238; landing point for the Atlantis-2 fiber-optic transatlantic telephone cable that provides links to South America, Senegal, and Europe; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2015) |
| 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 (2007) |
| Internet country code | .cv |
| Internet users | total: 235,000 percent of population: 43% (July 2015 est.) |