general
assessment: poor to fair system of open-wire lines, small
radiotelephone communication stations, and new microwave radio
relay system domestic: microwave radio relay and radiotelephone
communication international: country code - 224; satellite earth
station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 4 (one station
is inactive), FM 1 (plus 7 repeaters), shortwave 3 (2001)
Radios:
357,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
6 low-power
stations (2001)
Televisions:
85,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.gn
Internet hosts:
380 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
4 (2001)
Internet users:
40,000 (2003)
Transportation
Guinea
Railways:
total: 837
km standard gauge: 175 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 662 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)
Highways:
total:
30,500 km paved: 5,033 km unpaved: 25,467 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:
1,295 km
(navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2003)
Ports and harbors:
Boke, Conakry,
Kamsar
Airports:
16 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)