Telephones - main lines in use 150,000 (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular 200,000 (2000)

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: 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)

Radios 252,720 (2000)

Television broadcast stations 1 (2001)

Televisions 31,000 (1997)

Internet country code .bw

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 11 (2001)

Internet users 33,000 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Botswana on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Botswana Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Botswana Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.