general
assessment: available only to business and government
domestic: cable, microwave radio relay, and
tropospheric scatter international: country code - 237; satellite earth
stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); fiber optic
submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC) provides connectivity to Europe
and Asia
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 9,
shortwave 3 (2002)
Radios:
2.27 million
(1997)
Television broadcast
stations:
1 (2002)
Televisions:
450,000
(1997)
Internet country code:
.cm
Internet hosts:
479 (2004)
Internet Service
Providers (ISPs):
1 (2002)
Internet users:
60,000 (2002)
note: Cameroon also had more than 100 cyber-cafes in
2001
Transportation
Cameroon
Railways:
total:
1,008 km narrow gauge: 1,008 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)
Highways:
total:
34,300 km paved: 4,288 km unpaved: 30,012 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:
navigation
mainly on Benue River; limited during rainy season (2004)
Pipelines:
gas 90 km;
liquid petroleum gas 9 km; oil 1,120 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Bonaberi,
Douala, Garoua, Kribi, Tiko
Merchant marine:
total:
1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 169,593 GRT/357,023 DWT by type: petroleum tanker 1 (2005)
Airports:
47 (2004
est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
11 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
36 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 20 under 914 m: 9 (2004 est.)