Communications Of Nicaragua

Telephones main lines in use	171,600 (2002)
Telephones mobile cellular	202,800 (2002)
Telephone system	general assessment: inadequate system being upgraded by foreign investment domestic: low-capacity microwave radio relay and wire system being expanded; connected to Central American Microwave System international: country code - 505; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) and 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations	AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios	1.24 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations	3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)
Televisions	320,000 (1997)
Internet country code	.ni
Internet hosts	7,094 (2003)
Internet Service Providers ISPs	3 (2000)
Internet users	90,000 (2002)