Short facts about communications in Eritrea

Telephones - main lines in use:

23,578 (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

NA

Telephone system:

general assessment:  NA domestic:  very inadequate; most telephones are in Asmara; government is seeking international tenders to improve the system international:  NA

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM 1, shortwave 2 (2000)

Radios:

345,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (2000)

Televisions:

1,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.er

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

4 (2000)

Internet users:

500 (2000)

Source: World Factbook