Short facts about communications in Mozambique

Telephones - main lines in use:

65,354 (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

18,500 (2000)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  fair system but not available generally (telephone density is only 3.5 telephones for each 1,000 persons) domestic:  the system consists of open-wire lines and trunk connection by microwave radio relay and tropospheric scatter international:  satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 13, FM 16, shortwave 12 (2000)

Radios:

730,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (2000)

Televisions:

67,600 (2000)

Internet country code:

.mz

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

8 (2000)

Internet users:

6,250 note:  150 corporate accounts and 6,100 individual accounts (2000)

Source: World Factbook