GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Telephones - main lines in use:
287,600 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 118
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
4.822 million (2011)
country comparison to the world: 106
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
general assessment: system being upgraded by foreign investment; nearly all installed telecommunications capacity now uses digital technology, owing to investments since privatization of the formerly state-owned telecommunications company
domestic: since privatization, access to fixed-line and mobile-cellular services has improved; fixed-line teledensity roughly 5 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscribership has increased to roughly 85 per 100 persons
international: country code - 505; the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber optic submarine cable provides connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) and 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Broadcast media:
multiple privately-owned terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV in most urban areas; of more than 100 radio stations, nearly all are privately owned; Radio Nicaragua is government-owned and Radio Sandino is controlled by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) (2007)

Internet country code:
.ni

Internet hosts:
296,068 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 63
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

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