Telephones - main lines in use: 15,000 (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular: NA

Telephone system: the public telecommunications system was completely destroyed or dismantled by the civil war factions; private wireless companies offer service in most major cities and charge the lowest international rates on the continent

• domestic:

local cellular telephone systems have been established in Mogadishu and in several other population centers

• international:

international connections are available from Mogadishu by satellite

Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 11, shortwave 1 in Mogadishu; 1 FM in Puntland, 1 FM in Somaliland (2001)

Television broadcast stations: 4 note: two in Mogadishu; two in Hargeisa (2001)

Radios: 470,000 (1997)

Televisions: 135,000 (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (one each in Boosaaso, Hargeisa, and Mogadishu) (2000)

Internet users: 200 (2000)

Country code (Top level domain): .so

See also : Somalia