| Communications | Sierra Leone |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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14,000 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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3 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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2 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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373 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: marginal telephone service with poor infrastructure
domestic: the national microwave radio relay trunk system connects Freetown to Bo and Kenema; while mobile-cellular service is growing rapidly from a small base, service area coverage remains limited
international: country code - 232; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2008) |
Broadcast media:
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1 government-owned TV station; 1 private TV station began operating in 2005; a pay-per-view TV service began operations in late 2007; 1 government-owned national radio broadcast station; about two dozen private radio stations primarily clustered in major cities; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 1, FM 9, shortwave 1 (2001) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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5,363,669 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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595,964 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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5,363,669 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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2 (1999) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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2,681,835 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.sl |
Internet hosts:
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281 (2010) |
Internet users:
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14,900 (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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3 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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