Glossary
telecom subscription density
telecom subscription density is telecom subscription density is per-capita penetration measures of telecom access. In Datadory's catalog of 1,744 datasets, World Bank - Fixed Telephone Subscriptions per 100 People IT.MLT.MAIN.P2 and World Bank API - ICT Indicators JSON Service are working examples.
What is telecom subscription density?
Per-capita penetration measures of telecom access, expressed as subscriptions per 100 people - the unit of indicators like fixed telephone subscriptions per 100 people (IT.MLT.MAIN.P2), covering every country from 1960 to 2025.
In this catalog it appears concretely: - World Bank - Fixed Telephone Subscriptions per 100 People IT.MLT.MAIN.P2 — "tracking fixed telephone subscriptions per 100 people for every country from 1960 to 2025". - World Bank API - ICT Indicators JSON Service — "Keyless REST JSON API serving World Development Indicator ICT series (IT.CEL.SETS, IT.NET.USER.ZS, IT.MLT.MAIN.P2 ...)".
World Bank API - ICT Indicators JSON Service is the second reference point worth knowing: "Keyless REST JSON API serving World Development Indicator ICT series (IT.CEL.SETS, IT.NET.USER.ZS, IT.MLT.MAIN.P2 ...)". Reading the two together shows how much variation sits underneath one shared label.
Why does telecom subscription density matter when choosing a dataset?
A table is only as good as the column you actually need. If this field is absent, sparsely populated or defined inconsistently across rows, no amount of surrounding richness rescues the analysis, so it deserves its own line in your evaluation checklist.
The failure mode is concrete: a source can carry the telecom subscription density label while differing from what you need on exactly the dimension that matters — tracking fixed telephone subscriptions per 100 people for every country from 1960 to 2025. Comparing two sources on that line usually settles the choice faster than any feature matrix.
You rarely have to take a vendor's word for it. 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets Datadory catalogs are free to access, and World Bank - Fixed Telephone Subscriptions per 100 People IT.MLT.MAIN.P2 lets you inspect the real artifact before any budget is committed.
How do you evaluate telecom subscription density in a data source?
Treat every claim of this attribute as testable:
- Open World Bank - Fixed Telephone Subscriptions per 100 People IT.MLT.MAIN.P2 and confirm its record — "tracking fixed telephone subscriptions per 100 people for every country from 1960 to 2025" — against the files you actually receive. 2.
Related terms
Adjacent concepts worth reading next: - ICT indicators - internet penetration rate - World Bank IT indicator codes
Frequently asked questions
What is an example of telecom subscription density?
World Bank - Fixed Telephone Subscriptions per 100 People IT.MLT.MAIN.P2 is the clearest example in this catalog. Its record states: "tracking fixed telephone subscriptions per 100 people for every country from 1960 to 2025". Across all 1,744 datasets Datadory averages a quality score of 7.81 out of 10, so a named example can be weighed rather than trusted blindly.
Is data described as "telecom subscription density" free to use?
Treat access and permission separately. 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets in this catalog are free to access, but 235 are freemium and 61 are paid outright, so confirm both the price and the license on the exact distribution before building on it.
How do I verify a source really provides telecom subscription density?
Open World Bank - Fixed Telephone Subscriptions per 100 People IT.MLT.MAIN.P2 next to World Bank API - ICT Indicators JSON Service and compare the promise with the download. Field definitions are verified for 1495 of 1,744 datasets (85.7%), which makes that check fast inside the catalog and manual outside it.
Datasets containing this field
Datasets containing telecom subscription density
6 datasets carry telecom subscription density in the catalog. Open one, count the fields, judge for yourself.
FCC ID Search - Advanced Query Interface
Data.gov Telecommunications Keyword Search
FCC ID Equipment Authorization Database (FCCID.io mirror)
ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database - Global & Regional Time Series
US Economic Census 2022 - NAICS 3342 Communications Equipment Manufacturing
NAICS2022 · NAICS2022_LABEL · ESTAB …+10 more
World Bank - Individuals Using the Internet (% of Population) IT.NET.USER.ZS
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