general
assessment: inadequate domestic: very inadequate; most telephones are in
Asmara; government is seeking international tenders to
improve the system (2002) international: country code - 291; note -
international connections exist
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM NA,
shortwave 2 (2000)
Radios:
345,000
(1997)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (2000)
Televisions:
1,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.er
Internet hosts:
1,047 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
5 (2001)
Internet users:
9,500 (2003)
Transportation
Eritrea
Railways:
total:
306 km narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge note: railway is being rebuilt; 117 km open (2003)
Highways:
total:
4,010 km paved: 874 km unpaved: 3,136 km (1999 est.)
Ports and harbors:
Assab (Aseb),
Massawa (Mits'iwa)
Merchant marine:
total:
6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 16,069 GRT/19,549 DWT by type: cargo 3, liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker
1, roll on/roll off 1 registered in other countries: 1 (2005)
Airports:
17 (2004
est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
4 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
13 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)