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100,000 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
20,000

Telephone system:
the public telecommunications system was destroyed or dismantled by the civil war factions; private wireless companies offer service in most major cities and villages charging the lowest international rates on the continent
  • ''domestic:''

  • local cellular telephone systems have been established in Mogadishu and in several other population centers

  • ''international:''

  • international connections are available from Mogadishu by satellite


Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 11, shortwave 1 in Mogadishu; 2 FM in Galguduud, 2 FM in Puntland, 2 FM in Somaliland (2005)

Television broadcast stations:
4
''note:''
two in Mogadishu; two in Hargeisa (2001)

Radios:
470,000 (1997)

Televisions:
135,000 (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
4 (one each in Boosaaso and Hargeisa, 2 in Mogadishu) (2004)

Internet users:
89,000 (2004)

Country Code (Top level domain): .so

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