| Communications | Nicaragua |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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247,900 (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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43 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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2.123 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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361 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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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 but teledensity still lags behind other Central American countries; connected to Central American Microwave System
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) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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93,512 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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184,100 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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5,891,199 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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3 (plus 7 repeaters) (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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1,963,733 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.ni |
Internet hosts:
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58,157 (2008) |
Internet users:
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155,000 (2006) |
Internet users - density:
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27 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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