Communications Of Somalia

Telephones main lines in use 100,000 est (2002)
 
Telephones mobile cellular 35,000 (2002)
 
Telephone system
general assessment: the public telecommunications system was almost completely destroyed or dismantled by the civil war factions; private wireless companies offer service in most major cities and charge the lowest international rates on the continent
domestic: local cellular telephone systems have been established in Mogadishu and in several other population centers
international: country code - 252; international connections are available from Mogadishu by satellite
 
Radio broadcast stations AM 0, FM 11, shortwave 1 in Mogadishu; 1 FM in Puntland, 1 FM in Somaliland (2001)
 
Radios 470,000 (1997)
 
Television broadcast stations 4
note: two in Mogadishu; two in Hargeisa (2001)
 
Televisions 135,000 (1997)
 
Internet country code .so
 
Internet hosts 4 (2004)
 
Internet Service Providers ISPs   3 (one each in Boosaaso, Hargeisa, and Mogadishu) (2000)
Internet users 89,000 (2002)

 

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