Zimbabwe Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
300,900 (2003 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
379,100 (2003 est.)
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; two international digital gateway exchanges (in Harare and Gweru)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7 , FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
16 (1997 est.)
Internet country code:
.zw
Internet hosts:
4,501 (2003 est.)
Internet users:
500,000 (2002 est.)
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