Short facts about communications in Ghana

Telephones - main lines in use:

200,000 (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

30,000 (yearend 1998)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  poor to fair system; Internet accessible; many rural communities not yet connected; expansion of services is underway domestic:  primarily microwave radio relay; wireless local loop has been installed international:  satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay link to Panaftel system connects Ghana to its neighbors

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 0, FM 18, shortwave 3 (1999)

Radios:

4.4 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

11 (1999)

Televisions:

1.73 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.gh

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

20,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook