Zimbabwe: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 333,702 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 12.757 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 90 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: privatization and competition have driven rapid expansion of telecommunications, particularly cellular voice and mobile broadband, in recent years; continued economic instability and infrastructure limitations, such as reliable power, hinder progress domestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines, radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loop installations, fiber-optic cable, VSAT terminals, and a substantial mobile-cellular network; Internet connection is most readily ava international: country code - 263; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat; 5 international digital gateway exchanges; fiber-optic connections to neighboring states provide access to international networks via undersea cable (2015) |
Broadcast media | government owns all local radio and TV stations; foreign shortwave broadcasts and satellite TV are available to those who can afford antennas and receivers; in rural areas, access to TV broadcasts is extremely limited (2007) |
Internet country code | .zw |
Internet users | total: 2.328 million percent of population: 16.4% (July 2015 est.) |