Page last updated on January 12, 2017

Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 17,029
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 177

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 5.466 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 47 (July 2015 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 115

Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate system of radiotelephone communication stations with high maintenance costs and low telephone density
domestic: fixed-line connections for less than 1 per 100 persons coupled with mobile-cellular subscribership base of about 45 per 100 persons
international: country code - 235; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2015)

Broadcast media:
1 state-owned TV station; state-owned radio network, Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne (RNT), operates national and regional stations; about 10 private radio stations; some stations rebroadcast programs from international broadcasters (2007)

Internet country code:
.td

Internet users:
total: 314,000
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 2.7% (July 2015 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 148