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Communications in Ethiopia

Telephones - main lines in use: 435,000 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular phones: 97,800 (2003)

Telephone system: open wire and microwave radio relay system adequate for government use
domestic: open wire; microwave radio relay; radio communication in the HF, VHF, and UHF frequencies; two domestic satellites provide the national trunk service
international: open wire to Sudan and Djibouti; microwave radio relay to Kenya and Djibouti; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 0, shortwave 1 (2003)

Radios: 11.75 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 1 plus 24 repeaters (2002)

Televisions: 320,000 (1997)

Internet hosts: 19 (2003)

Internet users: 75,000 (2003)

Country code (TLD): ET

See also : Ethiopia
This article contains material from the CIA Factbook website http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.


Last updated: 04-25-2005 03:06:01