Cameroon: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 1,054,978 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 16.807 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 71 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: system includes cable, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter; Camtel, the monopoly provider of fixed-line service, provides connections for only about 4 per 100 persons; equipment is old and outdated, and connections with many parts of the count domestic: mobile-cellular usage, in part a reflection of the poor condition and general inadequacy of the fixed-line network, has increased sharply, reaching a subscribership base of 70 per 100 persons international: country code - 237; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2015) |
| Broadcast media | government maintains tight control over broadcast media; state-owned Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV), broadcasting on both a TV and radio network, was the only officially recognized and fully licensed broadcaster until August 2007, when the government fi (2007) |
| Internet country code | .cm |
| Internet users | total: 4.909 million percent of population: 20.7% (July 2015 est.) |