Telephones - main lines in use:
9,700 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
6.592 million (2007)

Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate; state-owned fixed-line operator has been unable to expand fixed-line connections and there are now fewer than 10,000 connections - less than 1 per 1000 persons; given the backdrop of a wholly inadequate fixed-line infrastructure, the use of cellular services has surged and subscribership in 2007 reached 6.6 million - 10 per 100 persons
domestic: barely adequate wire and microwave radio relay service in and between urban areas; domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations
international: country code - 243; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
4 (2001)

Internet country code:
.cd

Internet hosts:
3,211 (2008)

Internet users:
230,400 (2007)