general assessment: effective system domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands in the
archipelago international: country code - 248; direct radiotelephone
communications with adjacent island countries and African coastal
countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast
stations:
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998)
Radios:
42,000 (1997)
Television broadcast
stations:
2 (plus 9 repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:
11,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.sc
Internet hosts:
264 (2003)
Internet Service
Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
11,700 (2002)
Transportation
Seychelles
Highways:
total: 373 km paved: 315 km unpaved: 58 km (1997 est.)
Ports and harbors:
Victoria
Merchant marine:
total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 42,223
GRT/63,538 DWT foreign-owned: Bulgaria 1, Cyprus 1, Nigeria 1, South Africa 2
(2003 est.) by type: cargo 4, chemical tanker 3, container 1
Airports:
15 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved
runways:
total: 8 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 3 (2003 est.)
Airports - with
unpaved runways:
total: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 4 (2003 est.)