Short facts about communications in Djibouti

Telephones - main lines in use:

8,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

203 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  telephone facilities in the city of Djibouti are adequate as are the microwave radio relay connections to outlying areas of the country domestic:  microwave radio relay network international:  submarine cable to Jiddah, Suez, Sicily, Marseilles, Colombo, and Singapore; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; Medarabtel regional microwave radio relay telephone network

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

52,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (plus 5 low-power repeaters) (1998)

Televisions:

28,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.dj

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

1,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook