Burundi: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 21,774 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 4.998 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 47 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: sparse system of open-wire, radiotelephone communications, and low-capacity microwave radio relays domestic: telephone density one of the lowest in the world; fixed-line connections stand at well less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage has increased to roughly 45 per 100 persons international: country code - 257; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2015) |
| Broadcast media | state-controlled La Radiodiffusion et Television Nationale de Burundi (RTNB) operates the lone TV station and the only national radio network; about 10 privately owned radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available in Bu (2007) |
| Internet country code | .bi |
| Internet users | total: 523,000 percent of population: 4.9% (July 2015 est.) |