Western Sahara Telecommunications Profile 2009

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Telephones - main lines in use

about 2,000 (1999 est.)

Telephones - mobile cellular

0 (1999)

Telephone system

general assessment: sparse and limited system
domestic: NA
international: country code - 212; tied into Morocco's system by microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) linked to Rabat, Morocco

Radios

56,000 (1997)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)

Televisions

6,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations

NA

Internet country code

.eh

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

1 (2000)

Internet users

NA


Source: CIA World Factbook
Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of December 18, 2008