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Communications Angola
Telephones - main lines in use:
98,200 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
2.264 million (2006)
Telephone system in Angola:
general assessment: system inadequate; fewer than one fixed-line per 100 persons; combined fixed line and mobile telephone density approached 20 telephones per 100 persons in 2006
domestic: state-owned telecom had monopoly for fixed-lines until 2005; demand outstripped capacity and prices were high and services poor; Telecom Namibia, through an Angolan company, became the first private licensed operator in Angola's fixed-line telephone network; Angola Telecom established mobile-cellular service in Luanda in 1993 and the network has been extended to larger towns; a privately-owned, mobile-cellular service provider began operations in 2001
international: country code - 244; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 29 (2007)
Radio broadcast stations in Angola:
AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7 (2001)
Radios in Angola:
815,000 (2000)
Television broadcast stations:
6 (2000)
Televisions in Angola:
196,000 (2000)
Internet country code:
.ao
Internet hosts:
3,337 (2007)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users in Angola:
85,000 (2005)

 

Transportation Angola
Airports:
232 (2007)
Angolan Airports - with paved runways:
total: 31
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 1 (2007)
Angolan Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 201
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 30
914 to 1,523 m: 95
under 914 m: 69 (2007)
Pipelines:
gas 235 km; liquid petroleum gas 122 km; oil 867 km; oil/gas/water 5 km (2006)
Railways in Angola:
total: 2,761 km
narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2006)
Roadways in Angola:
total: 51,429 km
paved: 5,349 km
unpaved: 46,080 km (2001)
Waterways:
1,300 km (2007)
Merchant marine:
total: 5 ships (1000 GRT or over) 6,865 GRT/8,825 DWT
by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 2
foreign-owned: 1 (Spain 1)
registered in other countries: 6 (Bahamas 6) (2007)
Ports and terminals in Angola:
Cabinda, Luanda, Namibe

 

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