Telephones - main lines in use:
233,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 124
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
9.384 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 68
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
general assessment: mobile cellular service is increasing rapidly, but the number of main lines is still deficient; work underway on a national backbone information and communications technology infrastructure; international phone networks and Internet connectivity provided through satellite and VSAT applications
domestic: intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile-cellular systems for short-range traffic; mobile-cellular teledensity about 30 per 100 persons in 2009
international: country code - 256; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and Tanzania

Broadcast media:
public broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), operates radio and television networks; Uganda first began licensing privately-owned stations in the 1990s; by 2007 there were nearly 150 radio and 35 TV stations, mostly based in and around Kampala; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available in Kampala (2007)

Internet country code:
.ug

Internet hosts:
19,927 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 112
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
3.2 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 66
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]