Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 420,000
[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: 102

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 27.8 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 78 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 46

Telephone system:
general assessment: well-equipped system by regional standards and being upgraded; cellular communications started in 1996 and have expanded substantially with wide coverage of most major cities
domestic: consists of microwave radio relay, cable, fiber optic, radiotelephone communications, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations
international: country code - 249; linked to the EASSy and FLAG fiber-optic submarine cable systems; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Arabsat (2010)

Broadcast media:
the Sudanese Government directly controls TV and radio, requiring that both media reflect government policies; TV has a permanent military censor; a private radio station is in operation (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)

Television - broadcast stations:
3 (1997)

Internet country code:
.sd

Internet hosts:
99 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 210
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 8.5 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 24.0% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 48