Short facts about communications in Angola

Telephones - main lines in use:

62,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

7,052 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  telephone service limited mostly to government and business use; HF radiotelephone used extensively for military links domestic:  limited system of wire, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter international:  satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 34, FM 7, shortwave 9 (1999)

Radios:

630,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

7 (1999)

Televisions:

150,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.ao

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

12,000 (1999)

Source: World Factbook