Telephones - mobile cellular:

108,600 (2008) country comparison to the world: 181

Telephone system:

general assessment: inadequate; combined fixed-line and mobile cellular subscribership is only about 3 per 100 persons (2008)

domestic: inadequate; most telephones are in Asmara; government is seeking international tenders to improve the system (2002)

international: country code - 291; note - international connections exist

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM NA, shortwave 2 (2000)

Television broadcast stations:

2 (2006)