Ghana: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 275,570 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 35.008 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 133 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: primarily microwave radio relay; wireless local loop has been installed; outdated and unreliable fixed-line infrastructure heavily concentrated in Accra domestic: competition among multiple mobile-cellular providers has spurred growth with a subscribership of more than 130 per 100 persons and rising international: country code - 233; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC, Main One, and GLO-1 fiber-optic submarine cables that provide connectivity to South Africa, Europe, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay link to Panaf (2015) |
Broadcast media | state-owned TV station, 2 state-owned radio networks; several privately owned TV stations and a large number of privately owned radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are accessible; several cable and satellite TV subscriptio (2007) |
Internet country code | .gh |
Internet users | total: 6.181 million percent of population: 23.5% (July 2015 est.) |