Rwanda: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 16,983 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 8.76 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 69 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: small, inadequate telephone system primarily serves business, education, and government domestic: the capital, Kigali, is connected to provincial centers by microwave radio relay and, recently, by cellular telephone service; much of the network depends on wire and HF radiotelephone; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone density has increas international: country code - 250; international connections employ microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant countries; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) in Kigali (includes telex and telefax service) (2015) |
| Broadcast media | government owns and operates the only TV station; government-owned and operated Radio Rwanda has a national reach; 9 private radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2007) |
| Internet country code | .rw |
| Internet users | total: 2.279 million percent of population: 18% (July 2015 est.) |