Dominican Republic: Telephony Penetration Reaches 65.5% at End-Q3

The Dominican Republic ended the third quarter of 2007 with an overall telephony penetration rate of 65.5%, including both fixed and mobile lines, the country's telecoms watchdog Indotel said in a statement.

The country ended September with 903,335 fixed lines in service resulting in an overall penetration rate of 9.9% while penetration of mobile telephony reached 55.6%.

The country ended the period with 287,163 internet subscriptions meaning penetration of 18.1%.

Posted to the site on 11th December 2007