| Telephones - main lines in use | total subscriptions: 7,640 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20.88 (2019 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | total subscriptions: 72,589 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 198.38 (2019 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | general assessment: good overall telephone service; major expansion sectors include the mobile telephony and data segments, which continue to appeal to operator investment; several operators licensed to provide services within individual markets, most of them are small and localized; telecommunication contributes to overall GDP (2020) domestic: fixed-line connections exceed 21 per 100 persons and mobile cellular subscribership is roughly 198 per 100 persons (2019) international: country code - 1-284; landing points for PCCS, ECFS, CBUS, Deep Blue Cable, East-West, PAN-AM, Americas-1, Southern Caribbean Fiber, Columbus- IIb, St Thomas - St Croix System, Taino-Carib, and Americas I- North via submarine cable to Caribbean, Central and South America, and US (2019) note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments |
| Broadcast media | 1 private TV station; multi-channel TV is available from cable and satellite subscription services; about a half-dozen private radio stations |
| Internet country code | .vg |
| Internet users | total: 27,818 percent of population: 77.7% (July 2018 est.) |
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | total: 4,715 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 13 (2018 est.) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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