Communications ::Burundi
Telephones - main lines in use:
31,500 (2009) country comparison to the world: 177
Telephones - mobile cellular:
838,400 (2009) country comparison to the world: 149
Telephone system:
general assessment: sparse system of open-wire, radiotelephone communications, and low-capacity microwave radio relays
domestic: 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 10 per 100 persons
international: country code - 257; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2009)
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