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Telephones -
main lines in use | 670,000 (2005) | | Telephones -
mobile cellular | 1.828 million (2005) | | | Telephone system | general assessment: large, well-equipped system by regional standards and being upgraded; cellular communications started in 1996 and have expanded substantially
domestic: consists of microwave radio relay, cable, radiotelephone communications, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations
international: country code - 249; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Arabsat (2000) | | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998) | | Television broadcast
stations | 3 (1997) | | | Internet country code | .sd | | | Internet users | 2.8 million (2005) | |
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