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Ethiopia Communications 2008

Telephones - main lines in use: 880,100 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 1.208 million (2007)
Telephone system: general assessment: inadequate telephone system; the number of fixed lines and mobile telephones is increasing from a very small base; combined fixed and mobile-cellular teledensity is only about 2 per 100 persons domestic: open-wire; microwave radio relay; radio communication in the HF, VHF, and UHF frequencies; 2 domestic satellites provide the national trunk service international: country code - 251; 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 (2001)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (plus 24 repeaters) (2001)
Internet country code: .et
Internet hosts: 128 (2008)
Internet users: 291,000 (2007)

NOTE: The communications information regarding Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia Communications 2008 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ethiopia Communications 2008 should be addressed to the CIA.