Introduction
How is the communication system in Nicaragua? Here, Broadcast media include multiple terrestrial TV stations, supplemented by cable TV in most urban areas; nearly all are government-owned or affiliated; more than 300 radio stations, both government-affiliated and privately owned (2019). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Nicaragua
| Internet country code | .ni |
|---|---|
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
| Total | 290,351 (2020 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 4 (2020 est.) |
| Internet users | |
| Total | 3.933 million (2021 est.) |
| Percent of population | 57% (2021 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | |
| General assessment | Nicaragua’s telecoms market has mirrored the country’s poor economic achievements, with fixed-line teledensity and mobile penetration also being the lowest in Central America; the fixed line broadband market remains nascent, with population penetration below 4%; most internet users are concentrated in the largest cities, given that rural and marginal areas lack access to the most basic telecom infrastructure; internet cafés provide public access to internet and email services, but these also tend to be restricted to the larger population centers; to address poor infrastructure, the World Bank has funded a project aimed at improving connectivity via a national fiber broadband network; there are separate schemes to improve broadband in eastern regions and provide links to Caribbean submarine cables; the number of mobile subscribers overtook the number of fixed lines in early 2002, and the mobile sector now accounts for most lines in service (2021) |
| Domestic | Fixed-line teledensity is 3 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscribership is 91 per 100 persons (2021) |
| International | Country code - 505; landing point for the ARCOS fiber-optic submarine cable which 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) (2019) |
| Telephones - fixed lines | |
| Total subscriptions | 216,000 (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 3 (2022 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 6.652 million (2021 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 97 (2021 est.) |
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