|
|
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Telephones - main
lines in use:
|
136,900 (2006) |
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Cell Phones in
Botswana
|
979,800 (2006) |
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general assessment:
the system is expanding with the growth of
mobile-cellular service and participation in regional
development; system is fully digital with fiber-optic
cables linking the major population centers in the east;
fixed-line connections declined in recent years and now
stand at 8 per 100 persons;
mobile-cellular telephone
density currently is about 60 per 100 persons
domestic: small system of open-wire lines,
microwave radio relay links, and a few radiotelephone
communication stations; mobile-cellular service is
growing fast
international: country code - 267; international
calls are made via satellite, using international direct
dialing; 2 international exchanges; digital microwave
radio relay links to Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and
South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
(Indian Ocean) (2007) |
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Radio broadcast
stations:
|
AM 8, FM 13, shortwave 4
(2001) |
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Radios in Botswana:
|
252,720 (2000) |
|
Television broadcast
stations in Botswana:
|
1 (2001) |
|
Televisions in
Botswana:
|
31,000 (1997) |
|
Internet country
code:
|
.bw |
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Internet hosts in
Botswana:
|
5,820 (2007) |
|
Internet Service
Providers (ISPs) in Botswana:
|
11 (2001) |
|
Internet users in
Botswana:
|
60,000 (2005) |
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Airports in Botswana:
|
85 (2007)
|
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Airports - with paved
runways in Botswana:
|
total:
11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2007) |
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Airports - with
unpaved runways:
|
total:
74
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 54
under 914 m: 17 (2007)
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Railways:
|
total:
888 km
narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
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Roadways:
|
total:
24,355 km
paved: 8,914 km
unpaved: 15,441 km (2004) |
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ICT
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