Government maintains control over broadcast media; single state-run TV station; state-run radio broadcast station also operates several stations in rural areas; a dozen private television stations; a steadily increasing number of privately owned radio stations, nearly all in Conakry, and about a dozen community radio stations; foreign TV programming available via satellite and cable subscription services
(2022). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.Internet country code | .gn |
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
Total | 1,000 (2020 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 0.01 (2020 est.) |
Internet users | |
Total | 4.9 million (2021 est.) |
Percent of population | 35% (2021 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | The number of mobile subscribers grew strongly while revenue also increased steadily; fixed broadband services are still very limited and expensive, though there have been some positive developments in recent years; the landing of the first international submarine cable in 2012, and the setting up of an IXP in mid-2013, increased the bandwidth available to the ISPs, and helped reduce the cost of internet services for end-users; a National Backbone Network was completed in mid-2020, connecting administrative centers across the country; almost all internet connections are made via mobile networks; GSM services account for a dwindling proportion of connections, in line with the greater reach of services based on 3G and LTE (2022) |
Domestic | Fixed-line teledensity is less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership is just over 105 per 100 persons (2020) |
International | Country code - 224; ACE submarine cable connecting Guinea with 20 landing points in Western and South Africa and Europe; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean (2019) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Total subscriptions | 0 (2021 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | (2021 est.) less than 1 |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 13.795 million (2021 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 102 (2021 est.) |
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