Reunion Telecommunications Profile 2006

Telephones - main lines in use

300,000 (2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular

579,200 (2004)

Telephone system

general assessment: adequate system; principal center is Saint-Denis
domestic: modern open-wire and microwave radio relay network
international: country code - 262; radiotelephone communication to Comoros, France, Madagascar; new microwave route to Mauritius; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); fiber optic submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC/SAFE) provides connectivity to Europe and Asia

Radio broadcast stations

AM 2, FM 55, shortwave 0 (2001)

Television broadcast stations

35 (plus 18 low-power repeaters) (2001)

Internet country code

.re

Internet hosts

29 (2005)

Internet users

200,000 (2005)