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Communications in Uganda

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Telephones - main lines in use: 64,856 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 776,200 (2003)

Telephone system: seriously inadequate; three cellular systems have been introduced, but a sharp increase in the number of main lines is essential; e-mail and Internet services are available
domestic: intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile cellular systems for short range traffic
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and Tanzania

Radio broadcast stations: 122 FM stations (2003), 7 AM, 2 shortwave (2001)

Radios: 2.6 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 22 (2003)

Televisions: 978,000 (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 18 (2003)

Internet Users 125,000 (2003)

Newspapers: East African Procurement News (Business Weekly), The Observer (Weekly), The Monitor (Daily), New Vision (Daily, Uganda's top visited). Country code (Top level domain): UG

See also : Uganda

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