general assessment: the public
telecommunications system was almost completely destroyed or
dismantled by the civil war factions; private wireless companies offer
service in most major cities and charge the lowest international rates
on the continent domestic: local cellular telephone systems have been
established in Mogadishu and in several other population centers international: country code - 252; international connections
are available from Mogadishu by satellite
Radio broadcast
stations:
AM 0, FM 11, shortwave 1 in Mogadishu; 1 FM in
Puntland, 1 FM in Somaliland (2001)
Radios:
470,000 (1997)
Television broadcast
stations:
4 note: two in Mogadishu; two in Hargeisa (2001)
Televisions:
135,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.so
Internet hosts:
4 (2004)
Internet Service
Providers (ISPs):
3 (one each in Boosaaso, Hargeisa, and Mogadishu)
(2000)
Internet users:
89,000 (2002)
Transportation
Somalia
Highways:
total: 22,100 km paved: 2,608 km unpaved: 19,492 km (1999 est.)