Communications of Zimbabwe
Telephones - main lines in use: | 331,700 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular: | 832,500 (2006) |
Telephone system: | general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, but now suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstanding requests for connection despite an equally large number of installed but unused main lines domestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines, radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loop installations, and a substantial mobile cellular network; Internet connection is available in Harare and planned for all major towns and for some of the smaller ones international: country code - 263; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat; 2 international digital gateway exchanges (in Harare and Gweru) |
Radio broadcast stations: | AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998) |
Radios: | 1.14 million (1997) |
Television broadcast stations: | 16 (1997) |
Televisions: | 370,000 (1997) |
Internet country code: | .zw |
Internet hosts: | 7,954 (2006) |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): | 6 (2000) |
Internet users: | 1 million (2005) |