Belize: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 21,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 170,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 49 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: above-average system; trunk network depends primarily on microwave radio relay domestic: fixed-line teledensity of only about 6 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity approaching 50 per 100 persons international: country code - 501; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth station - 8 (Int (2015) |
| Broadcast media | 8 privately owned TV stations; multi-channel cable TV provides access to foreign stations; about 25 radio stations broadcasting on roughly 50 different frequencies; state-run radio was privatized in 1998 (2007) |
| Internet country code | .bz |
| Internet users | total: 144,000 percent of population: 41.6% (July 2015 est.) |