Short facts about communications in Seychelles

Telephones - main lines in use:

19,635 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

16,316 (1999)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  effective system domestic:  radiotelephone communications between islands in the archipelago international:  direct radiotelephone communications with adjacent island countries and African coastal countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:

42,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

2 (plus 9 repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

11,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.sc

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

5,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook