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Communications in Burundi

Burundian Communications

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Telephones - main lines in use: 35,000 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 250,000 (2007)

Telephone system: general assessment: primitive system; telephone density one of the lowest in the world; fixed-line connections stand at well less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage is increasing but remains at a meager 3 per 100 persons domestic: sparse system of open-wire, radiotelephone communications, and low-capacity microwave radio relay international: country code - 257; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)

Television broadcast stations: 1 (2001)

Internet country code: .bi

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 60,000 (2006)