Short facts about communications in Reunion

Telephones - main lines in use:

236,500 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

85,000 (1999)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  adequate system; principal center is Saint-Denis domestic:  modern open wire and microwave radio relay network international:  radiotelephone communication to Comoros, France, Madagascar; new microwave route to Mauritius; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM 55, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

173,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

22 (plus 18 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

127,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.re

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

10,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook