Communications of Rwanda
Telephones - main lines in use: | 22,000 (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular: | 290,000 (2005) |
Telephone system: | general assessment: telephone system primarily serves business and government domestic: the capital, Kigali, is connected to the centers of the provinces 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 8 (two main FM programs are broadcast through a system of repeaters, three international FM programs include the BBC, VOA, and Deutchewelle), shortwave 1 (2005) |
Radios: | 601,000 (1997) |
Television broadcast stations: | 2 (2004) |
Televisions: | NA; probably less than 1,000 (1997) |
Internet country code: | .rw |
Internet hosts: | 1,590 (2006) |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): | 2 (2002) |
Internet users: | 38,000 (2005) |