Short facts about communications in Equatorial Guinea

Telephones - main lines in use:

4,000 (1996)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

NA

Telephone system:

general assessment:  poor system with adequate government services domestic:  NA international:  international communications from Bata and Malabo to African and European countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 0, FM 2, shortwave 4 (1998)

Radios:

180,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (1997)

Televisions:

4,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.gq

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

500 (2000)

Source: World Factbook