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Zimbabwe - Communications (Facts)

Telephones - main lines in use: 331,700 (2006) Telephones - mobile cellular: 832,500 (2006) Telephone system: general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, but now suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstanding requests for connection despite an equally large number of installed but unused main lines domestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines, radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loop installations, and a substantial mobile cellular network; Internet connection is available in Harare and planned for all major towns and for some of the smaller ones international: country code - 263; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat; 2 international digital gateway exchanges (in Harare and Gweru) Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998) Television broadcast stations: 16 (1997) Internet country code: .zw Internet hosts: 7,954 (2006) Internet users: 1.22 million (2006)