Telephones - main lines in use NA

Telephones - mobile cellular NA

Telephone system
general assessment: the public telecommunications system was almost completely destroyed or dismantled by the civil war factions; private wireless companies offer service in most major cities and charge the lowest international rates on the continent
domestic: local cellular telephone systems have been established in Mogadishu and in several other population centers
international: international connections are available from Mogadishu by satellite (2001)

Radio broadcast stations AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 5 (2001)

Radios 470,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations 3
note: two in Mogadishu; one in Hargeisa (2001)

Televisions 135,000 (1997)

Internet country code .so

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 3 (one each in Boosaaso, Hargeisa, and Mogadishu) (2000)

Internet users 200 (2000)

NOTE: The information regarding Somalia 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 Somalia Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Somalia Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.