Congo, Republic of the Telecommunications Profile 2001

Telephones - main lines in use

22,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular

1,000 (1996)

Telephone system

general assessment: services barely adequate for government use; key exchanges are in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo; intercity lines frequently out-of-order

domestic: primary network consists of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable

international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radios

341,000 (1997)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1999)

Televisions

33,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations

1 (1999)

Internet country code

.cg

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

1 (2000)

Internet users

500 (2000)