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Sudan: Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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400,000 (2000)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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20,000 (2000)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: large, well-equipped system by regional standards and being upgraded; cellular communications started in 1996 and have expanded substantially
domestic: consists of microwave radio relay, cable, radiotelephone communications, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat (2000)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)
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Radios:
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7.55 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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3 (1997)
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Televisions:
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2.38 million (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.sd
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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2 (2002)
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Internet users:
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56,000 (2002)
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