Cote d'Ivoire: Communications

Communications

Cote d'Ivoire

Telephones - main lines in use:	263,700 (2000)
Telephones - mobile cellular:	450,000 (2000)
Telephone system:	general assessment: well developed by African standards but operating well below capacity domestic: open-wire lines and microwave radio relay; 90% digitalized international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); 2 coaxial submarine cables (June 1999)
Radio broadcast stations:	AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3 (1998)
Radios:	2.26 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:	14 (1999)
Televisions:	1.09 million (2000)
Internet country code:	.ci
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):	5 (2001)
Internet users:	70,000 (2002)