Short facts about communications in Burundi

Telephones - main lines in use:

16,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

619 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  primitive system domestic:  sparse system of open wire, radiotelephone communications, and low-capacity microwave radio relay international:  satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

440,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (1999)

Televisions:

25,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.bi

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

2,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook