Internet country code | .mp |
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Internet users | |
Total | 12,299 (2021 est.) |
Percent of population | 25.1% (2021 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | Digital fiber-optic cables and satellites connect the islands to worldwide networks; demand for broadband growing given that mobile services are the source for Internet across region; future launch of 5G; as of April 2024 the Northern Mariana Islands Broadband Policy and Development Office (BPD) received an award of $81 million from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program; CNMI submitted its BEAD Five-Year Action Plan to NTIA; this plan aims to improve Internet services in the Commonwealth by outlining strategies for enhancing Internet accessibility and affordability for all members of the CNMI community (2024) |
Domestic | Fixed-line teledensity is 40 per 100 persons; mobile cellular subscriptions are 28 per 100 (2021) |
International | Country code - 1-670; landing points for the Atisa and Mariana-Guam submarine cables linking Mariana islands to Guam; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Total subscriptions | 20,000 (2021 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 40 (2021 est.) |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 20,474 (2004 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 28 (2004) |
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