Short facts about communications in Rwanda

Telephones - main lines in use:

15,000 (1995)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

NA note:  however, Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several prefecture capitals (2000)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  telephone system primarily serves business and government domestic:  the capital, Kigali, is connected to the centers of the prefectures by microwave radio relay; the remainder of the network depends on wire and HF radiotelephone international:  international connections employ microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant countries; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) in Kigali (includes telex and telefax service)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

601,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

2 (1997)

Televisions:

NA; probably less than 1,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.rw

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

1,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook