Communications in Somalia
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Telephones - main lines in use: 100,000 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 20,000
Telephone system: the public telecommunications system was destroyed or dismantled by the civil war factions; private wireless companies offer service in most major cities and villages charging the lowest international rates on the continent
- domestic:
local cellular telephone systems have been established in Mogadishu and in several other population centers
- international:
international connections are available from Mogadishu by satellite
Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 11, shortwave 1 in Mogadishu; 2 FM in Galguduud, 2 FM in Puntland, 2 FM in Somaliland (2005)
Television broadcast stations: 4 note: two in Mogadishu; two in Hargeisa (2001)
Radios: 470,000 (1997)
Televisions: 135,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 4 (one each in Boosaaso and Hargeisa, 2 in Mogadishu) (2004)
Internet users: 89,000 (2004)
Country code (Top level domain): .so
- See also : Somalia
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