Since 2020, large-scale deployment of fiber-optic lines has been underway across the country, covering both urban areas and remote settlements, contributing to the expansion of high-speed internet coverage nationwide.Communications policyThe long-term goal of the government's information and communications technology strategy is for the sector to contribute 5 percent to by 2010. The June 2. In the early 2000s, used international investment support to restructure its telecommunications system, which had 7.7 telephone lines per 100 inhabitants in 2002 and 1,100,000 in. In the early 2000s, use has expanded rapidly. Between 1999 and 2005, the number of Internet subscribers increased from 3,000 to 263,000. In 2004 some 12,300 were in operation.