Telephones - main lines in use: Telephones - mobile cellular: Telephone system: Broadcast media: Internet country code: Internet hosts: Internet users:
483,600 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 100
25.056 million (2011)
country comparison to the world: 42
general assessment: well-equipped system by regional standards and being upgraded; cellular communications started in 1996 and have expanded substantially with wide coverage of most major cities
domestic:
consists of microwave radio relay, cable, fiber optic, radiotelephone communications, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations
international:
country code - 249; linked to the EASSy and FLAG fiber-optic submarine cable systems; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Arabsat (2010)
the Sudanese Government directly controls TV and radio, requiring that both media reflect government policies; TV has a permanent military censor; a private radio station is in operation (2007)
.sd
99 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 211
4.2 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 56
Sudan Communications 2013
SOURCE: 2013 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES
