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