Cote d'Ivoire Communications - 2006

Telephones - main lines in use:
238,000 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,531,800 (2004)

Telephone system:
general assessment: well developed by African standards but operating well below capacity
domestic: open-wire lines and microwave radio relay; 90% digitalized
international: country code - 225; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); 2 submarine cables (June 1999)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:
14 (1999)

Internet country code:
.ci

Internet hosts:
2,015 (2005)