Hong Kong: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 4,327,286 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 61 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 16.736 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 234 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: modern facilities provide excellent domestic and international services domestic: microwave radio relay links and extensive fiber-optic network international: country code - 852; multiple international submarine cables provide connections to Asia, US, Australia, the Middle East, and Western Europe; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); coaxial cable to Guangzhou, China (2015) |
Broadcast media | 2 commercial terrestrial TV networks each with multiple stations; multi-channel satellite and cable TV systems available; 3 radio networks, one of which is government funded, operate about 15 radio stations (2012) |
Internet country code | .hk |
Internet users | total: 6.066 million percent of population: 85% (July 2015 est.) |