Short facts about communications in Cameroon

Telephones - main lines in use:

75,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

4,200 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  available only to business and government domestic:  cable, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter international:  satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 11, FM 8, shortwave 3 (1998)

Radios:

2.27 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (1998)

Televisions:

450,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.cm

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

20,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook