Philippines: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 3.039 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 120.255 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 119 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: good international radiotelephone and submarine cable services; domestic and interisland service adequate domestic: telecommunications infrastructure includes the following platforms: fixed line, mobile cellular, cable TV, over-the-air TV, radio and Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT), fiber-optic cable, and satellite for redundant international connectivity international: country code - 63; a series of submarine cables together provide connectivity to the US, and to countries like Hong Kong, Guam, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Brunei, and Malaysia, among others; multiple international gateways (2015) |
| Broadcast media | multiple national private TV and radio networks; multi-channel satellite and cable TV systems available; more than 350 TV stations - 6 major TV networks operating nationwide with 1 being government owned; about 1,300 cable TV providers with more than 2 mi (2015) |
| Internet country code | .ph |
| Internet users | total: 41.106 million percent of population: 40.7% (July 2015 est.) |