Bahamas, The: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 120,925 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 311,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 96 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: modern facilities domestic: totally automatic system; highly developed; the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network links all of the major islands; Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) privatized in 2011, but the government reacquired 51% share in 2014 international: country code - 1-242; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2015) |
| Broadcast media | 2 TV stations operated by government-owned, commercially run Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB); multi-channel cable TV subscription service is available; about 15 radio stations operating with BCB operating a multi-channel radio broadcasting n (2007) |
| Internet country code | .bs |
| Internet users | total: 253,000 percent of population: 78% (July 2015 est.) |