| Communications | Botswana |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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136,900 (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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69 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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1.427 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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717 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: the system is expanding with the growth of mobile-cellular service and participation in regional development; system is fully digital with fiber-optic cables linking the major population centers in the east; fixed-line connections declined in recent years and now stand at roughly 8 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone density currently is about 80 per 100 persons
domestic: small system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relay links, and a few radiotelephone communication stations; mobile-cellular service is growing fast
international: country code - 267; international calls are made via satellite, using international direct dialing; 2 international exchanges; digital microwave radio relay links to Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 8, FM 13, shortwave 4 (2001) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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248,860 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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153,145 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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497,719 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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2 (1 state-owned, 1 private) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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995,438 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.bw |
Internet hosts:
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6,374 (2008) |
Internet users:
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80,000 (2007) |
Internet users - density:
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41 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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