general assessment:
adequate system; principal center is Saint-Denis domestic: modern open-wire and microwave radio relay network
international: country code - 262; radiotelephone communication
to Comoros, France, Madagascar; new microwave route to Mauritius;
satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); fiber optic
submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC/SAFE) provides connectivity to Europe and
Asia
Radio
broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 55, shortwave
0 (2001)
Radios:
173,000 (1997)
Television
broadcast stations:
35 (plus 18 low-power
repeaters) (2001)
Televisions:
127,000 (1997)
Internet
country code:
.re
Internet
Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet
users:
150,000 (2002)
Transportation
Reunion
Highways:
total:
2,724 km paved: 1,300 km (including 73 km of four-lane road) unpaved: 1,424 km (1994)
Ports and
harbors:
Le Port,
Pointe des Galets
Airports:
2 (2003 est.)
Airports -
with paved runways:
total:
2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)