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Sudan
Communications
Domestic telecommunications in Sudan were sparse, and the system
suffered from poor maintenance. In 1991 the country had only 73,000
telephones, two-thirds of which were in the Khartoum area. Telex
was available in the capital. A domestic satellite system with
fourteen ground stations, supplemented by coaxial cable and a
microwave network, linked telephone exchanges and broadcast facilities
within the country. Eleven cities had amplitude modulation (AM)
radio stations, and Khartoum, Atbarah, and Wad Madani had television
stations with broadcasts in Arabic seven hours nightly. The country
had an estimated 6 million radio receivers and 250,000 television
sets in 1991.
International telecommunications were modern and provided high-quality
links to the rest of the world. A satellite ground station near
the capital working with the International Telecommunications
Satellite Corporation's (Intelsat) Atlantic Ocean satellite permitted
direct dialing of telephone calls between Sudan and Europe, North
America, and parts of Africa. In addition, a second satellite
ground station was linked to the Arab Satellite Communications
Organization's (Arabsat) pan-Arab communications network. The
Arabsat network was used for live television broadcasts, news
exchanges, and educational programming among the members of the
League of Arab States (Arab League).
Data as of June 1991
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