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Macedonia Telecommunications Profile 2018

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Telephones - main lines in use
total subscriptions: 361,269 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2017 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 2,121,805 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 101 (2017 est.)
Telephone system
general assessment: being part of the EU pre-accession process has led to a stronger teledensity with closer regulatory framework, independent regulators and administrative ties with the the European Commission (EC) have led to progress; broadband services are widely available; more customers moving to fibre networks; 2 mobile network operators; end of roaming tariffs (2017)
domestic: fixed-line 17 per 100 and mobile-cellular 101 per 100 subscriptions (2017)
international: country code - 389 (2017)
Broadcast media
public service TV broadcaster Macedonian Radio and Television operates 3 national terrestrial TV channels and 2 satellite TV channels; additionally, there are 10 regional TV stations that broadcast nationally using terrestrial transmitters, 54 TV channels with concession for cable TV, 9 regional TV stations with concessions for cable TV; 4 satellite TV channels broadcasting on a national level, 21 local commercial TV channels, and a large number of cable operators that offer domestic and international programming; the public radio broadcaster operates over 3 stations; there are 4 privately owned radio stations that broadcast nationally; 17 regional radio stations, and 49 local commercial radio stations (2018)
Internet country code
.mk
Internet users
total: 1.475 million (July 2016 est.)
percent of population: 70.4% (July 2016 est.)
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 386,718 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2017 est.)

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on March 17, 2019

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