Cote d'Ivoire Communications 2008

Telephones - main lines in use:
260,900 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
4.065 million (2006)

Telephone system:
general assessment: well developed by African standards; telecommunications sector privatized in late 1990s; mobile cellular usage has increased to 23 per 100 persons; fixed-line connections stand at about 2 per 100 persons
domestic: open-wire lines and microwave radio relay; 90% digitalized
international: country code - 225; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:
14 (1998)

Internet country code:
.ci

Internet hosts:
1,373 (2007)