general assessment: facilities are aging
but still among the best in Sub-Saharan Africa domestic: high-capacity microwave radio relay connects most
larger towns and cities; several cellular telephone services in
operation; Internet service is widely available; very small aperture
terminal (VSAT) networks are operated by private firms international: country code - 260; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast
stations:
AM 19, FM 5, shortwave 4 (2001)
Radios:
1.2 million (2001)
Television broadcast
stations:
9 (2002)
Televisions:
277,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.zm
Internet hosts:
1,880 (2003)
Internet Service
Providers (ISPs):
5 (2001)
Internet users:
68,200 (2003)
Transportation
Zambia
Railways:
total: 2,173 km narrow gauge: 2,173 km 1.067-m gauge note: includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority
(TAZARA) (2003)
Highways:
total: 66,781 km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1999 est.)
Waterways:
2,250 km note: includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula
rivers (2003)
Pipelines:
oil 771 km (2003)
Ports and harbors:
Mpulungu
Airports:
109 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved
runways:
total: 11 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 1 (2003 est.)
Airports - with
unpaved runways:
total: 98 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 63 under 914 m: 30 (2003 est.)