Communications ::Burundi
Telephones - main lines in use:
30,400 (2008) country comparison to the world: 178
Telephones - mobile cellular:
480,600 (2008) country comparison to the world: 156
Telephone system:
general assessment: primitive system; telephone density one of the lowest in the world; fixed-line connections stand at well less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage is increasing but remains at a meager 5 per 100 persons
domestic: sparse system of open-wire, radiotelephone communications, and low-capacity microwave radio relay
international: country code - 257; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2008)
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