Guyana: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 154,057 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 543,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 74 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: fair system for long-distance service; microwave radio relay network for trunk lines; many areas still lack fixed-line telephone services domestic: fixed-line teledensity is about 20 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity about 75 per 100 persons international: country code - 592; tropospheric scatter to Trinidad; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2015) |
Broadcast media | government-dominated broadcast media; the National Communications Network (NCN) TV is state-owned; a few private TV stations relay satellite services; the state owns and operates 2 radio stations broadcasting on multiple frequencies capable of reaching th (2007) |
Internet country code | .gy |
Internet users | total: 281,000 percent of population: 38.2% (July 2015 est.) |