Short facts about communications in Sudan

Telephones - main lines in use:

400,000 (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

20,000 (2000)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  large, well-equipped system by regional standards and being upgraded; cellular communications started in 1996 and have expanded substantially domestic:  consists of microwave radio relay, cable, radiotelephone communications, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations international:  satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat (2000)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

7.55 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

3 (1997)

Televisions:

2.38 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.sd

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

10,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook