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Telecommunication Facilities in Tanzania
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Telephones - main
lines in use:
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149,100 (2003)
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Telephones -
mobile cellular in Tanzania:
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1.64 million (2004)
Please note: The number of cell phones at the
time joinafrica.com updated this page (26 May 2006)
is much higher than 1.64 million. We don't
have the exact figure so we leave the 2004 figure. |
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Telephone system
in Tanzania:
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general assessment:
fair system operating below capacity and being
modernized for better service; very small aperture
terminal (VSAT) system under construction
domestic: trunk service provided by
open-wire, microwave radio relay, tropospheric
scatter, and fiber-optic cable; some links being
made digital
international: country code - 255; satellite
earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1
Atlantic Ocean) |
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Radio broadcast
stations:
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AM 12, FM 11, shortwave
2 (1998) |
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Radios in
Tanzania:
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8.8 million (1997)
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Television
broadcast stations in Tanzania:
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3 (1999) |
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Televisions in
Tanzania:
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103,000 (1997)
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Internet country
code:
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.tz |
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Internet hosts:
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9,241 (2005)
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Internet Service
Providers (ISPs):
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6 (2000) |
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Internet users in
Tanzania:
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333,000 (2005)
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Transportation Facilities in Tanzania
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Airports:
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123 (2005) |
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Airports - with
paved runways in Tanzania:
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total: 11
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2005) |
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Airports - with
unpaved runways in Tanzania:
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total: 112
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 61
under 914 m: 33 (2005) |
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Pipelines:
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gas 29 km; oil 866 km
(2004) |
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Railways in
Tanzania:
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total: 3,690 km
narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km
1.000-m gauge (2004) |
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Roadways in
Tanzania:
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total: 78,891 km
paved: 6,808 km
unpaved: 72,083 km (2003) |
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Waterways in
Tanzania:
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Lake Tanganyika, Lake
Victoria, and Lake Nyasa principal avenues of
commerce with neighboring countries; rivers not
navigable (2005) |
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Merchant marine
in Tanzania:
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total: 10 ships
(1000 GRT or over) 25,838 GRT/33,745 DWT
by type: cargo 2, passenger/cargo 4,
petroleum tanker 4
registered in other countries: 1 (Honduras 1)
(2005) |
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Ports and
terminals:
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Dar es Salaam, Mtwara,
Zanzibar City |
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Telecommunication
facilities are available in most parts of the country and
are linked to the world through Dar es Salaam.
Telecommunications services have continued improving due to
efforts of the Tanzania Telecommunications Company (TTCL)
and participation of private companies, including CELTEL,
MOBITEL, VODACOM and Zantel.