Communications Of Rwanda

Telephones main lines in use 23,200 (2002)
 
Telephones mobile cellular 134,000
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several prefecture capitals (2003)
 
Telephone system
general assessment: telephone system primarily serves business and government
domestic: the capital, Kigali, is connected to the centers of the prefectures by microwave radio relay and, recently, by cellular telephone service; much of the network depends on wire and HF radiotelephone
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)
 
Radio broadcast stations AM 0, FM 3 (two main FM programs are broadcast through a system of repeaters and the third FM program is a 24 hour BBC program), shortwave 1 (2002)
 
Radios 601,000 (1997)
 
Television broadcast stations NA
 
Televisions NA; probably less than 1,000 (1997)
 
Internet country code .rw
 
Internet hosts 1,495 (2003)
 
Internet Service Providers ISPs   2 (2002)
Internet users 25,000 (2002)

 

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