Telephones - main lines in use 50,074; however, 80,868 main lines have been installed (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular 9,000 (1998)

Telephone system
general assessment: seriously inadequate; two cellular systems have been introduced, but a sharp increase in the number of main lines is essential; e-mail and Internet services are available
domestic: intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile cellular systems for short range traffic
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and Tanzania

Radio broadcast stations AM 7, FM 33, shortwave 2 (2001)

Radios 5 million (2001)

Television broadcast stations 8 (plus one low-power repeater) (2001)

Televisions 500,000 (2001)

Internet country code .ug

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 2 (2000)

Internet users 25,000 (2000)

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