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			 Telephones - main lines in use: 
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			19,635 (1997) 
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				 Telephones - mobile cellular: 
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				16,316 (1999) 
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				 Telephone system: 
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					general assessment: effective system 
			 domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands in the archipelago 
			 international: direct radiotelephone communications with adjacent island countries and African coastal countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) 
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				 Radio broadcast stations: 
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				AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998) 
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				 Radios: 
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				42,000 (1997) 
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				 Television broadcast stations: 
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				2 (plus 9 repeaters) (1997) 
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				 Televisions: 
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				11,000 (1997) 
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				 Internet country code: 
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				.sc 
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				 Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 
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				1 (2000) 
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				 Internet users: 
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				9,000 (2002)   
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