general assessment:
small system domestic: combination of microwave radio relay, open-wire
lines, radiotelephone, and cellular communications international: country code - 245
Radio
broadcast stations:
AM 1 (transmitter out
of service), FM 4, shortwave 0 (2002)
Radios:
49,000 (1997)
Television
broadcast stations:
NA (1997)
Televisions:
NA
Internet
country code:
.gw
Internet
hosts:
2 (2004)
Internet
Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2002)
Internet
users:
19,000 (2003)
Transportation
Guinea-Bissau
Highways:
total:
4,400 km paved: 453 km unpaved: 3,947 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:
4 largest rivers are
navigable for some distance; many inlets and creeks give shallow-water
access to much of interior (2004)
Ports and
harbors:
Bissau, Buba, Cacheu,
Farim
Merchant
marine:
none
Airports:
28 (2003 est.)
Airports -
with paved runways:
total:
3 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports -
with unpaved runways:
total:
25 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 20 (2004 est.)