Communications in Zambia
Telephones - main lines in use:
77,935 (in addition there are about 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
6,000 (1998)
Telephone system:
facilities are among the best in Sub-Saharan Africa
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 19, FM 5, shortwave 4 (1998)
Radios:
1.03 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
9 (1997)
Televisions:
277,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
3 (1999)
Country code (Top level domain): ZM
domestic:
high-capacity microwave radio relay connects most larger towns and cities; several cellular telephone services in operation; Internet service is widely available; very small aperature terminal (VSAT) networks are operated by private firms
international:
satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean)