Short facts about communications in Botswana

Telephones - main lines in use:

86,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

NA

Telephone system:

general assessment:  sparse system domestic:  small system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relay links, and a few radiotelephone communication stations international:  two international exchanges; digital microwave radio relay links to Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 7, FM 15, shortwave 5 (1998)

Radios:

237,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

0 (1997)

Televisions:

31,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.bw

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

3 (2000)

Internet users:

12,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook