Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 150,000
[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: 139
Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 31.9 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 64 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 37
Telephone system:
general assessment: telecommunications services are marginal; system operating below capacity and being modernized for better service; small aperture terminal (VSAT) system under construction
domestic: fixed-line telephone network inadequate with less than 1 connection per 100 persons; mobile-cellular service, aided by multiple providers, is increasing rapidly and in 2011 exceeded a subscriber base of 50 telephones per 100 persons; trunk service provided by open-wire, microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and fiber-optic cable; some links being made digital
international: country code - 255; landing point for the EASSy fiber-optic submarine cable system linking East Africa with Europe and North America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Atlantic Ocean) (2010)
Broadcast media:
a state-owned TV station and multiple privately owned TV stations; state-owned national radio station supplemented by more than 40 privately owned radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2007)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 12, FM 11, shortwave 2 (1998)
Television - broadcast stations:
3 (1999)
Internet hosts:
26,074 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 110
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
Internet users:
total: 7.4 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 15.0% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 51