Somalia - Communications

Telephones - main lines in use:


100,000 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

600,000 (2007)

Telephone system:

ngeneral assessment: the public telecommunications system was almost completely destroyed or dismantled during the civil war; 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)

Television broadcast stations:

4 (2 in Mogadishu and 2 in Hargeisa) (2001)

Internet country code:

.so

Internet hosts:

0 (2007)

Internet users:

94,000 (2006)