Subscribers |- | Zain Sudan | 14 August 1996 | 3.5G (GSM and WCDMA)+ 4G (LTE) | Unknown | 120 locations | 12,000,000+ |- | MTN Sudan | 25 October 2003 | 3G+ (GSM) 4G (LTE) | 1,100,000 | 35 locations | 1,788,237 |- | Sudani One | 2 February 2006 | 3.75G (CDMA) 4G (LTE) | 4,000,000 | 145 locations | 3,000,000 |- | Canar Telecommunications | April 2005 | 3G (CDMA) | Unknown | unknown | unknown |} Evolution of the telecommunication sector (1994 to September 2006) Fixed Services {| style="border-spacing:10px;" |- | SUDATEL || 19 April 1993 || TDM/MPLS ||align=right | 1,493,674 ||align=right | 200 locations ||align=right | 411,000 |- | CANAR (Limited Mobility) || 11 October 2004 || IP-MPLS/CDMA ||align=right | 250,000 ||align=right | 5 locations ||align=right | 104,720 |} Growth of fixed and mobile communications {| style="border-spacing:10px;" |- ! || ||align=right | 1994 ||align=right | 2000 ||align=right | 2004 ||align=right | 2005 ||align=right | 2006 |- | Fixed || Capacity x 1000 ||align=right | 150 ||align=right | 416 ||align=right | 1500 ||align=right | 1500 ||align=right | 1500 |- | || Subscribers x 1000 ||align=right | 64 ||align=right | 386 ||align=right | 1929 ||align=right | 680 ||align=right | 515 |- | Mobile || Capacity x 1000 ||align=right | — ||align=right | 20 ||align=right | 1250 ||align=right | 2000 ||align=right | 4800 |- | || Subscribers x 1000 ||align=right | — ||align=right | 1 ||align=right | 1050 ||align=right | 1866 ||align=right | 3370 |} Telephones Calling code: +249 International call prefix: 00 Main lines: 425,000 lines in use, 101st in the world (2012). Mobile cellular: 27.7 million, 38th in the world (2012). Domestic: well-equipped system by regional standards; cellular communications started in 1996 and have expanded substantially with wide coverage of most major cities, microwave radio relay, cable, fiber optic, radio telephone communications, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations (2010). Communications cables: EASSy and FLAG / FALCON fiber-optic submarine cable systems (2010). Satellite earth stations: 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Arabsat (2010). Internet As of 2011, internet access was widely available in urban areas, but limited by lack of infrastructure in rural areas. Internet users: 12 million users, 46th in the world; 21.0% of the population, 142nd in the world (2012). Fixed broadband: 18,472 subscriptions, 131st in the world; 0.1% of population, 172nd in the world (2012). Wireless broadband: 5.6 million subscriptions,