Communications in Angola

This article is about communications in Angola:

Telephone

Telephone service is limited mostly to government and business use. 96,300 main lines were reported to be in use in 2003, and 130,000 mobile cellular lines were reported in 2002. HF radiotelephone is used extensively for military links. The domestic system consists of a limited system of wire. It also uses microwave radio relay and tropospheric scatter. The international country code for Angola is 244. Angola has 2 Intelsat satellite earth stations for communications across the Atlantic Ocean. Fiber optic submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC) provides connectivity to Europe and Asia.

Radio

Broadcast stations: AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7 (2000)

Radios: 630,000 (1997)

Television

Broadcast stations: 6 (2000)

Televisions: 150,000 (1997)

Internet

Internet hosts: 17 (2003)

Internet users: 200,000 (2002)

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code: AO

References

• CIA World Factbook 2004

External links

• GSM World page on Angola
• PanAfriL10n page on Angola