Botswana

Botswana Communications

Telephones - main lines in use
142,400 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular
435,000 (2002)

Telephone system
general assessment: the system is expanding with the growth of mobile cellular service and participation in regional development
domestic: small system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relay links, and a few radiotelephone communication stations; mobile cellular service is growing fast
international: country code - 267; two international exchanges; digital microwave radio relay links to Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations
AM 8, FM 13, shortwave 4 (2001)

Television broadcast stations
1 (2001)

Internet country code
.bw

Internet hosts
1,920 (2003)

Internet users
60,000 (2002)



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