Rwanda Communications - 2005

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SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Telephones - main lines in use:
23,200 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
134,000
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several provincial capitals (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: telephone system primarily serves business and government
domestic: the capital, Kigali, is connected to the centers of the provinces by microwave radio relay and, recently, by cellular telephone service; much of the network depends on wire and HF radiotelephone
international: country code - 250; international connections employ microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant countries; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) in Kigali (includes telex and telefax service)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 8 (two main FM programs are broadcast through a system of repeaters, three international FM programs include the BBC, VOA, and Deutchewelle), shortwave 1 (2005)

Television broadcast stations:
2 (2004)

Internet country code:
.rw

Internet hosts:
1,495 (2003)

Internet users:
25,000 (2002)

NOTE: The information regarding Rwanda on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Rwanda Communications 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Rwanda Communications 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.