Telephones - main lines in use:
100,000 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
600,000 (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: the public telecommunications system was almost completely destroyed or dismantled during the civil war; private companies offer limited local fixed-line service and private wireless companies offer service in most major cities while charging the lowest international rates on the continent
domestic: local cellular telephone systems have been established in Mogadishu and in several other population centers
international: country code - 252; international connections are available from Mogadishu by satellite (2001)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 11 (also 1 station each in Puntland and Somaliland), shortwave 1 (in Mogadishu) (2001)
Television broadcast stations:
4 (2 in Mogadishu and 2 in Hargeisa) (2001)
Internet country code:
.so
Internet hosts:
1 (2008)
Internet users:
98,000 (2007)