Editing Telecommunications in Mongolia (section)

==Telephones==
* 385,000 fixed lines in use, 102nd in the world (2019 estimate).<ref name="cia-fb-2013" />
* 4.3 million mobile-cellular lines in use, 127th in the world (2019 estimate).<ref name="cia-fb-2013" />
* International dialing code: +976.<ref name="cia-fb-2013" />

There are two landline telephone companies in Mongolia: [[Mongolia Telecom Company]] (MTC) and the Mongolian Railway Authority.{{sfnp|Pûrevsambuu|2006|p=94}} MTC is a joint venture with [[Korea Telecom]] and partially publicly owned. MTC leases [[optical fiber|fiber-optic]] lines from the Mongolian Railway Authority and connects to all [[aimags]] and soums. The number of fixed-line phones in Mongolia is slowly decreasing. The majority of MTC subscribers are in Ulaanbaatar.<ref name="itconsulting.mn">{{cite report |date=2006 |title=Information and Communications Technology Development in Mongolia |url=http://www.itconsulting.mn/publications/index.htm |publisher=InTeC Co.Ltd and MIDAS |format=[[White paper]] |access-date=20 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607035323/http://www.itconsulting.mn/publications/index.htm |archive-date=7 June 2008}}</ref>

Mobile phones are very popular in the city as well as the countryside with 1.5 million active mobile social users in January 2017.<ref name="NSO" /> Especially in the countryside, the government is preferring the installation of cell phone base stations over laying land lines, as cell phone base stations are easier to install. Mongolia's Communication Authority has announced a plan to connect all [[sums of Mongolia|sum center]] and a number of other settlements to cell phone services.<ref name="ubpost" /> Since 2012 the country is covered by 3G services.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Report: Mongolia 2014 |publisher=Oxford Business Group |year=2014 |url=https://oxfordbusinessgroup.com/mongolia-2014 |page=172}}</ref> The biggest problem of phone usage in rural parts of the country was the poor reception since in some areas getting the mobile signal required climbing on the highest mountain top in the neighbourhood or on the top of the horse on some hill.<ref name="solutions" /> But with the plan of Communications Regulatory Commission of Mongolia that will allow the nationwide introduction of 4G mobile Internet technologies by approving licenses to use radio spectrum for 4G LTE service to [[Mobicom Corporation]], [[Unitel (Mongolia)|Unitel]], [[Skytel (Mongolia)|Skytel]] according to the first commission meeting in 2016<ref name="LTE" /> this problem should be resolved. It will also help parents for whom mobile phones are the only way to stay in touch with their children attending boarding schools in the cities.<ref name="nomads" />

;Mobile operators
*[[Unitel (Mongolia)|Unitel]] (GSM)- The No.1 ICT group in Mongolia who have the first and nationwide 3G/4G/5G network.
*[[G-Mobile]] (CDMA) – Established in 2007, it is focusing on development in rural areas
*[[Mobicom Corporation]] (GSM) – The first mobile operator.{{sfnp|Pûrevsambuu|2006|p=95}}
*[[Skytel (Mongolia)|Skytel]] (CDMA){{sfnp|Pûrevsambuu|2006|p=96}}
*[[ONDO]] 5th Competitor in telecommunications 
 service resembling that of landlines, but uses technology similar to mobile phones. There are currently five licensed WLL providers, though there only appear to be three companies actually offering service.

;WLL providers
*[[Mongolia Telecom Company]]: WLL project a joint venture with LG Electronics Company of South Korea, 8,768 users, covers Darkhan, Erdenet, Nalaikh, Choibalsan, and Ulanbaatar. It also provides 450&nbsp;MHz coverage in the following aimags: Orkhon, Darkhan Uul, Dornod, Arkhangai, Bayan-Ulgii, Bulgan, Hovd, Huvsgul, Zavkhan, and Uvs.
*[[Mobicom]]: Covers Ulaanbaatar and areas near the city, 13,400 users.
*[[Skytel (Mongolia)|Skytel]]: Covers Ulaanbaatar and rural Mongolia (area not specified), and has 22,000 users.<ref name="itconsulting.mn"/>