Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 55,800
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 158
Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 2.3 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 119 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 146
Telephone system:
general assessment: adequate microwave radio relay and open-wire network; state-owned Gambia Telecommunications partially privatized in 2007
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity, aided by multiple mobile-cellular providers, is roughly 80 per 100 persons
international: country code - 220; microwave radio relay links to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; a landing station for the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) undersea fiber-optic cable is scheduled for completion in 2011; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)
Broadcast media:
state-owned, single-channel TV service; state-owned radio station and 4 privately owned radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available, some via shortwave radio; cable and satellite TV subscription services are obtainable in some parts of the country (2007)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001)
Television - broadcast stations:
1 (government-owned) (1997)
Internet hosts:
656 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 179
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
Internet users:
total: 274,000
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 14.2% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 147