- Communications in Angola
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communication s inAngola :Telephone Telephone service is limited mostly to government and business use. 96,300 main lines were reported to be in use in 2003, and 130,000
mobile cellular lines were reported in 2002. HFradiotelephone is used extensively for military links.The domestic system consists of a limited system of
wire . It also usesmicrowave radio relay andtropospheric scatter .The international country code for Angola is 244. Angola has 2
Intelsat satellite earth station s for communications across theAtlantic Ocean .Fiber optic submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC) provides connectivity toEurope andAsia .Radio :Broadcast stations: AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7 (2000):Radios: 630,000 (1997)
Television :Broadcast stations: 6 (2000):Televisions: 150,000 (1997)
Internet Internet access in
Angola is provided byMSTelcom , a subsidiary ofSonangol , the national oil company.:Internet hosts: 17 (2003):Internet users: 200,000 (2002):
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code : AOReferences
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CIA World Factbook 2004External links
* [http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_ao.shtml GSM World page on Angola]
* [http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Angola PanAfriL10n page on Angola]
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