Sudan - Communications
Geography - People - Economy - Government - Communications - Transportation - Military - Transnational IssuesSudan is located Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea. The climate is tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season varies by region (April to November). The terrain is generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in far south, northeast and west; desert dominates the north.
Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use : 345,200 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 7.464 million (2007)
Telephone system
This entry includes a brief general assessment of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entryTelephone system - general assessment : well-equipped system by regional standards and being upgraded; cellular communications started in 1996 and have expanded substantially
Telephone system - domestic : consists of microwave radio relay, cable, radiotelephone communications, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations
Telephone system - international : country code - 249; linked to international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Arabsat (2000)
Radio broadcast stations
This entry includes the total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.Radio broadcast stations : AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios
Radios : 7.55 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations
Television broadcast stations : 3 (1997)
Televisions
Televisions : 2.38 million (1997)
Internet country code
This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).Internet country code : .sd
Internet hosts
This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.Internet hosts : 33 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 2 (2002)
Internet users
This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.Internet users : 1.5 million (2007)
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