| Communications | Uganda |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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327,100 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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10 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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12.828 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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371 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: mobile cellular service is increasing rapidly, but the number of main lines is still deficient; work underway on a national backbone information and communications technology infrastructure; international phone networks and Internet connectivity provided through satellite and VSAT applications
domestic: intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile-cellular systems for short-range traffic; mobile-cellular teledensity about 30 per 100 persons in 2009
international: country code - 256; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and Tanzania |
Broadcast media:
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public broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), operates radio and television networks; Uganda first began licensing privately-owned stations in the 1990s; by 2007 there were nearly 150 radio and 35 TV stations, mostly based in and around Kampala; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available in Kampala (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 7, FM 33, shortwave 2 (2001) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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4,944,608 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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1,048,857 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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17,306,125 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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8 (plus 1 repeater) (2001) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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4,326,532 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.ug |
Internet hosts:
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19,927 (2010) |
Internet users:
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3.2 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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93 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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