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Rwanda - Communications (Facts)

Telephones - main lines in use: 22,000 (2005) Telephones - mobile cellular: 290,000 (2005) Telephone system: general assessment: telephone system primarily serves business and government domestic: the capital, Kigali, is connected to the centers of the provinces by microwave radio relay and, recently, by cellular telephone service; much of the network depends on wire and HF radiotelephone international: country code - 250; international connections employ microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant countries; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) in Kigali (includes telex and telefax service) Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 8 (two main FM programs are broadcast through a system of repeaters, three international FM programs include the BBC, VOA, and Deutchewelle), shortwave 1 (2005) Television broadcast stations: 2 (2004) Internet country code: .rw Internet hosts: 1,590 (2006) Internet users: 65,000 (2006)