| Communications | Somalia |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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100,000 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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11 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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648,200 (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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66 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: the public telecommunications system was almost completely destroyed or dismantled during the civil war; private companies offer limited local fixed-line service and private wireless companies offer service in most major cities while charging the lowest international rates on the continent
domestic: local cellular telephone systems have been established in Mogadishu and in several other population centers
international: country code - 252; international connections are available from Mogadishu by satellite |
Broadcast media:
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2 private TV stations rebroadcast Al-Jazeera and CNN; Somaliland has 1 government-operated TV station and Puntland has 1 private TV station; Radio Mogadishu operated by the transitional government; 1 SW and roughly 10 private FM radio stations broadcast in Mogadishu; several radio stations operate in central and southern regions; Somaliland has 1 government-operated radio station; Puntland has roughly a half dozen private radio stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 0, FM 11 (also 1 station each in Puntland and Somaliland), shortwave 1 (in Mogadishu) (2001) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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void |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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902,331 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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9,925,640 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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4 (2 in Mogadishu and 2 in Hargeisa) (2001) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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2,481,410 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.so |
Internet hosts:
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3 (2010) |
Internet users:
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106,000 (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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11 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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