| Telephones - main lines in use | 18,000 (2011) | | Telephones - mobile cellular | 4.5 million (2011) | | Telephone system | general assessment: inadequate system of open-wire lines, small radiotelephone communication stations, and new microwave radio relay system
domestic: Conakry reasonably well served; coverage elsewhere remains inadequate and large companies tend to rely on their own systems for nationwide links; fixed-line teledensity less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership is expanding and exceeds 40 per 100 persons
international: country code - 224; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) | | Broadcast media | government maintains marginal control over broadcast media; single state-run TV station; state-run radio broadcast station also operates several stations in rural areas; a steadily increasing number of privately-owned radio stations, nearly all in Conakry, and about a dozen community radio stations; foreign TV programming available via satellite and cable subscription services (2011) | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 0, FM 5, shortwave 3 (2006) | | Television broadcast stations | 6 (2001) | | Internet country code | .gn | | Internet hosts | 15 (2012) | | Internet users | 95,000 (2009) |
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