Rwanda Phonecards and Dial Around
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Rwanda Telecommunication*
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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600,000 note - 90% in Kigali
(2002) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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81,000 (2001)
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several prefecture
capitals (2002) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: telephone
system primarily serves business and government
domestic: the capital, Kigali, is connected to the centers of the prefectures
by microwave radio relay and, recently, by cellular telephone service; much
of the network depends on wire and HF radiotelephone
international: international connections employ microwave radio relay
to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant countries;
satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) in Kigali (includes telex
and telefax service) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 0, FM 3 (two main FM programs
are broadcast through a system of repeaters and the third FM program is a 24
hour BBC program), shortwave 1 (2002) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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NA |
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Internet country code:
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rw |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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2 (2002) |
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Internet users:
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20,000 (2002) |
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Senegal, Sierra Leone,
Slovenia, Tajikistan,
Tunisia, Ukraine,
Yemen, Zambia,
Zimbabwe
*Rwanda telecommunications
data is from CIA World Factbook and BBC. Rwanda phonecards, Rwanda dial around
