Communications in Somalia
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Telephone

Telephones - main lines in use: 100,000 (2004) Telephones - mobile phones: 734,800 (2007)[1]

The public telecommunications system was destroyed or dismantled by the civil war factions; private wireless companies offer service in most major cities and villages charging the lowest international rates on the continent .

• Domestic: local cellular telephone systems have been established in Mogadishu and in several other population centers
• International: international connections are available from Mogadishu by satellite

Radio and television

Radios: 470,000 (1997) Televisions: 135,000 (1997)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 11, shortwave 1 in Mogadishu; 2 FM in Galguduud, 2 FM in Puntland, 2 FM in Somaliland (2005)

Television broadcast stations: 4 (two in Mogadishu; two in Hargeisa; Two in Boosaaso) (2001)

Internet

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 4 (one each in Boosaaso and Hargeisa, 2 in Mogadishu) (2004)

Internet users: 89,000 (2004)

Country code top-level domain: .so, disused

See also

• Somalia

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