Uganda Communications 2008

Telephones - main lines in use:
108,100 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
2.009 million (2006)

Telephone system:
general assessment: seriously inadequate; 2 cellular systems have been introduced, but a sharp increase in the number of main lines is essential; e-mail and Internet services are available
domestic: intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile cellular systems for short-range traffic
international: country code - 256; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and Tanzania

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 33, shortwave 2 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
8 (plus 1 repeater) (2001)

Internet country code:
.ug

Internet hosts:
546 (2007)