Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 49,600
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 163

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 7.7 million
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 63 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 98

Telephone system:
general assessment: small, inadequate telephone system primarily serves business, education, and government
domestic: the capital, Kigali, is connected to provincial centers by microwave radio relay and, recently, by cellular telephone service; much of the network depends on wire and HF radiotelephone; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone density has increased and now exceeds 40 telephones per 100 persons
international: country code - 250; international connections employ microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant countries; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) in Kigali (includes telex and telefax service) (2010)

Broadcast media:
government owns and operates the only TV station; government-owned and operated Radio Rwanda has a national reach; 9 private radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 10 (two main FM programs are broadcast through a system of repeaters; international FM programming includes the BBC, VOA, and Deutchewelle) (2007)

Television - broadcast stations:
2 (2004)

Internet country code:
.rw

Internet hosts:
1,447 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 168
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Internet users:
total: 1.1 million
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percent of population: 9.2% (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 120