Eritrea Telecommunications Profile 2002

Telephones - main lines in use

30,000 (2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular

NA; note - mobile cellular service was introduced in May 2001

Telephone system

general assessment: inadequate
domestic: very inadequate; most telephones are in Asmara; government is seeking international tenders to improve the system (2002)
international: NA; note - international connections exist

Radios

345,000 (1997)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 2, FM NA, shortwave 2 (2000)

Televisions

1,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations

1 (2000)

Internet country code

.er

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

5 (2001)

Internet users

10,000 (2002)