Rwanda Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
23,200 (2002 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
134,000 (2003 est.)
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several provincial capitals
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 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
2 (2004 est.)
Internet country code:
.rw
Internet hosts:
1,495 (2003 est.)
Internet users:
25,000 (2002 est.)
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