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Ethiopia Communications 2016
https://allcountries.org/world_fact_book_2016/ethiopia/ethiopia_communications.html
SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Ethiopia Communications 2016
SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on February 11, 2016

Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 820,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 87

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 30.5 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 32 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 41

Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate telephone system with the Ethio Telecom maintaining a monopoly over telecommunication services; open-wire, microwave radio relay; radio communication in the HF, VHF, and UHF frequencies; 2 domestic satellites provide the national trunk service
domestic: the number of fixed lines and mobile telephones is increasing from a small base; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is roughly 15 per 100 persons
international: country code - 251; open-wire to Sudan and Djibouti; microwave radio relay to Kenya and Djibouti; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Pacific Ocean) (2011)

Broadcast media:
1 public TV station broadcasting nationally and 1 public radio broadcaster with stations in each of the 13 administrative districts; a few commercial radio stations and roughly a dozen community radio stations (2009)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 8, FM 0, shortwave 1 (2001)

Television - broadcast stations:
1 (plus 24 repeaters) (2001)

Internet country code:
.et

Internet hosts:
179 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 203
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 1.6 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 1.7% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 107


NOTE: The information regarding Ethiopia on this page is re-published from the 2016 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ethiopia Communications 2016 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ethiopia Communications 2016 should be addressed to the CIA.




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