Congo Kinshasa



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Congo Kinshasa Communications 2008

Telephones - main lines in use: 9,700 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 6.592 million (2007)
Telephone system: general assessment: inadequate; state-owned fixed-line operator has been unable to expand fixed-line connections and there are now fewer than 10,000 connections - less than 1 per 1000 persons; given the backdrop of a wholly inadequate fixed-line infrastructure, the use of cellular services has surged and subscribership in 2007 reached 6.6 million - 10 per 100 persons domestic: barely adequate wire and microwave radio relay service in and between urban areas; domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations international: country code - 243; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2 (2001)
Television broadcast stations: 4 (2001)
Internet country code: .cd
Internet hosts: 3,211 (2008)
Internet users: 230,400 (2007)

NOTE: The communications information regarding Congo Kinshasa on this page is re-published from the 2008 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Congo Kinshasa Communications 2008 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Congo Kinshasa Communications 2008 should be addressed to the CIA.