Internet country code | .iq |
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
Total | 6,254,099 (2020 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 16 (2020 est.) |
Internet users | |
Total | 21.56 million (2021 est.) |
Percent of population | 49% (2021 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | Civil stability has made it easier for mobile and fixed-line operators to rebuild telecom services and infrastructure damaged during previous periods of violence; the government extended the licenses held by the MNOs for an additional three years to compensate for the chaos and destruction caused between 2014 and 2017 when Islamic State controlled many areas of the country; the companies have struggled to develop LTE services; most services are still based on GSM and 3G, except in Iraq's Kurdistan region where LTE is more widely available (2022) |
Domestic | About 7 per 100 for fixed-line and 86 per 100 for mobile-cellular subscriptions (2021) |
International | Country code - 964; landing points for FALCON, and GBICS/MENA submarine cables providing connections to the Middle East, Africa and India; satellite earth stations - 4 (2 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean, 1 Intersputnik - Atlantic Ocean region, and 1 Arabsat (inoperative)); local microwave radio relay connects border regions to Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey (2019) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Total subscriptions | 2.392 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 5 (2022 est.) |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 43.688 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 98 (2022 est.) |
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