| Communications | The Gambia |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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48,800 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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28 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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1.478 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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823 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: adequate microwave radio relay and open-wire network; state-owned Gambia Telecommunications partially privatized in 2007
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity, aided by multiple mobile-cellular providers, approached 85 per 100 persons in 2009
international: country code - 220; microwave radio relay links to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; a landing station for the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) undersea fiber-optic cable is scheduled for completion in 2011; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2009) |
Broadcast media:
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state-owned, single-channel TV service; state-owned radio station and 4 privately-owned radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available, some via shortwave radio; foreign cable and satellite TV subscription services are obtainable in some parts of the country (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 3, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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599,287 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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898,930 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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void |
Television broadcast stations:
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1 (government-owned) (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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1,797,860 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.gm |
Internet hosts:
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1,453 (2010) |
Internet users:
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130,100 (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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73 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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