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Communications in Gabon

Gabonese Communications

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Telephones - main lines in use: 26,500 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 1.169 million (2007)

Telephone system: general assessment: adequate service by African standards and improving with the help of a growing mobile cell network system with multiple providers; mobile-cellular subscribership reached 80 per 100 persons in 2007 domestic: adequate system of cable, microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, radiotelephone communication stations, and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations international: country code - 241; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 7 (plus 11 repeaters), shortwave 4 (2001)

Television broadcast stations: 4 (plus 4 repeaters) (2001)

Internet country code: .ga

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 145,000 (2007)