Dominican Republic: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 1,304,968 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 8.797 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 84 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: relatively efficient system based on island-wide microwave radio relay network domestic: fixed-line teledensity is about 10 per 100 persons; multiple providers of mobile-cellular service with a subscribership of nearly 85 per 100 persons international: country code - 1-809; 1-829; 1-849; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1), Antillas 1, AMX-1, and the Fibralink submarine cables that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and US; satellite ear (2015) |
| Broadcast media | combination of state-owned and privately owned broadcast media; 1 state-owned TV network and a number of private TV networks; networks operate repeaters to extend signals throughout country; combination of state-owned and privately owned radio stations wi (2015) |
| Internet country code | .do |
| Internet users | total: 5.442 million percent of population: 51.9% (July 2015 est.) |