Cote d'Ivoire: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 277,248 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 25.408 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 109 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: well-developed by African standards; telecommunications sector privatized in late 1990s and operational fixed lines have increased since that time with two fixed-line providers operating over open-wire lines, microwave radio relay, and fiber-optics; 90% d domestic: with multiple mobile-cellular service providers competing in the market, usage has increased sharply to well over 105 per 100 persons international: country code - 225; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2011) |
| Broadcast media | 2 state-owned TV stations; no private terrestrial TV stations, but satellite TV subscription service is available; 2 state-owned radio stations; some private radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2007) |
| Internet country code | .ci |
| Internet users | total: 4.892 million percent of population: 21% (July 2015 est.) |