Telephones - main lines in use 212,000 (in addition, there are about 20,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular 111,000 (2001)

Telephone system
general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, but now suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstanding requests for connection despite an equally large number of installed but unused main lines
domestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines, radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loop installations, and a substantial mobile cellular network; Internet connection is available in Harare and planned for all major towns and for some of the smaller ones
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat; two international digital gateway exchanges (in Harare and Gweru)

Radio broadcast stations AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios 1.14 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations 16 (1997)

Televisions 370,000 (1997)

Internet country code .zw

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 6 (2000)

Internet users 30,000 (1999)

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