Communications in Uganda
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Telephones - main lines in use: 54,074 (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 9,000 (1998)
Telephone system:
seriously inadequate; three cellular systems have been introduced, but a sharp increase in the number of main lines is essential; e-mail and Internet services are available
domestic:
intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile cellular systems for short range traffic
international:
satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and Tanzania
Radio broadcast stations: AM 19, FM 4, shortwave 5 (1998)
Radios: 2.6 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 8 (plus one low-power repeater) (1999)
Televisions: 315,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (1999)
Newspapers: East African Procurement News (Business Weekly), The Observer (Weekly), Monitor (Daily), New Vision (Daily). (4) (2004)
Country code (Top level domain): UG
- See also : Uganda