Communications of Somalia
Telephones - main lines in use: | 100,000 (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular: | 500,000 (2005) |
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 (2001) |
Radio broadcast stations: | AM 0, FM 11 (also 1 station each in Puntland and Somaliland), shortwave 1 (in Mogadishu) (2001) |
Radios: | 470,000 (1997) |
Television broadcast stations: | 4 (2 in Mogadishu and 2 in Hargeisa) (2001) |
Televisions: | 135,000 (1997) |
Internet country code: | .so |
Internet hosts: | 3 (2006) |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): | 3 (one each in Boosaaso, Hargeisa, and Mogadishu) (2000) |
Internet users: | 90,000 (2005) |