Telephones - main lines in use: Telephones - mobile cellular: Telephone system:
Broadcast media: Internet hosts: Internet users:
5,600 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 209
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]
1.07 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 157
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]
general assessment:
network consists principally of microwave radio relay and low-capacity, low-powered radiotelephone communication
domestic:
limited telephone service with less than 1 fixed-line connection per 100 persons; spurred by the presence of multiple mobile-cellular service providers, cellular usage is increasing from a low base; most fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone services are concentrated in Bangui
international:
country code - 236; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)
government-owned network, Radiodiffusion Television Centrafricaine, provides domestic TV broadcasting; licenses for 2 private TV stations are pending; state-owned radio network is supplemented by a small number of privately owned broadcast stations as well as a few community radio stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available (2007)
20 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 221
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
22,600 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 192
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]