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Communications in Zimbabwe

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Telephones - main lines in use: 344,500 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 1.226 million (2007)

Telephone system: general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, but now suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstanding requests for connection despite an equally large number of installed but unused main lines domestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines, radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loop installations, and a substantial mobile-cellular network; Internet connection is available in Harare and planned for all major towns and for some of the smaller ones international: country code - 263; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat; 2 international digital gateway exchanges (in Harare and Gweru)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998)

Television broadcast stations: 16 (1997)

Internet country code: .zw

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 1.351 million (2007)