Short facts about communications in Kenya

Telephones - main lines in use:

290,000 (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

5,345 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  unreliable; little attempt to modernize except for service to business domestic:  trunks are primarily microwave radio relay; business data commonly transferred by a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system international:  satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 24, FM 8, shortwave 6 (1999)

Radios:

3.07 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

8 (1997)

Televisions:

730,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.ke

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

5 (2000)

Internet users:

45,000 (1999)

Source: World Factbook