Communications in Sudan
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Telephones - main lines in use: 75,000 (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 3,000 (1998)
Telephone system:
large, well-equipped system by regional standards, but barely adequate and poorly maintained by modern standards; cellular communications started in 1996
domestic:
consists of microwave radio relay, cable, radiotelephone communications, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations
international:
satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat
Radio broadcast stations: AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios: 7.55 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 3 (1997)
Televisions: 2.38 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (1999)
Country code (Top level domain): SD
- See also : Sudan