total subscriptions: 3,434
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 6,729,804
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 103.77 (2019 est.)
general assessment:
telecom sector is recovering from the decades of war, yet still constrained by inadequate power and pervasive corruption; recently installed terrestrial fiber backbone infrastructure; telephone service improving with the rapid growth of mobile sector; operators increased investment to provide national coverage; LTE available in some parts of the country; construction of 600 km ECOWAS Wide Area Network completed; fiber link to Guinea completed; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)
(2020)1 government-owned TV station; 3 private TV stations; a pay-TV service began operations in late 2007; 1 government-owned national radio station; about two-dozen private radio stations primarily clustered in major cities; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available
(2019).sl
total: 568,099
percent of population: 9% (July 2018 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Sierra Leone on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sierra Leone 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sierra Leone 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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