Zambia: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 116,165 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 11.558 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 77 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: among the best in sub-Saharan Africa domestic: high-capacity microwave radio relay connects most larger towns and cities; several cellular telephone services in operation and network coverage is improving; domestic satellite system being installed to improve telephone service in rural areas; Internet international: country code - 260; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean), 3 owned by Zamtel (2010) |
| Broadcast media | state-owned Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) operates 3 TV stations, is the principal local-content provider, and owns about 45% of multi-channel Zambia shares; several private TV stations and multi-channel subscription TV services are avai (2015) |
| Internet country code | .zm |
| Internet users | total: 3.164 million percent of population: 21% (July 2015 est.) |