Introduction
How is the communication system in Panama? Here, Broadcast media include multiple privately owned TV networks and a government-owned educational TV station; multi-channel cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; more than 100 commercial radio stations (2019). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Panama
| Internet country code | .pa |
|---|---|
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
| Total | 562,413 (2020 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 13 (2020 est.) |
| Internet users | |
| Total | 2.992 million (2021 est.) |
| Percent of population | 68% (2021 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | |
| General assessment | Panama has seen a steady increase in revenue from the telecom sector in recent years; mobile services and broadband remain the key growth sectors, with mobile connections accounting for 90% of all connections, and over half of telecom sector revenue; the mobile market has effective competition; internet services have grown in recent years as consumers responded to government fixed-line projects, improved mobile broadband connectivity and mobile applications (2021) |
| Domestic | Fixed-line is 18 per 100 and subscribership of mobile-cellular telephone is 138 per 100 (2021) |
| International | Country code - 507; landing points for the PAN-AM, ARCOS, SAC, AURORA, PCCS, PAC, and the MAYA-1 submarine cable systems that together provide links to the US and parts of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to the Central American Microwave System (2019) |
| Telephones - fixed lines | |
| Total subscriptions | 811,000 (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 18 (2022 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 6.891 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 156 (2022 est.) |
All Important Facts about Panama
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