Swaziland - Communications

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Swaziland is located Southern Africa, between Mozambique and South Africa. The climate is varies from tropical to near temperate. The terrain is mostly mountains and hills; some moderately sloping plains.

Telephones

Telephones - main lines in use : 44,000 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 380,000 (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 entry
Telephone system - general assessment : a somewhat modern but not an advanced system
Telephone system - domestic : mobile-cellular subscribership is increasing; combined fixed-line and mobile cellular teledensity approaching 40 telephones per 100 persons; telephone system consists of carrier-equipped, open-wire lines and low-capacity, microwave radio relay
Telephone system - international : country code - 268; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations

This entry includes the total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
Radio broadcast stations : AM 3, FM 2 (plus 4 repeaters), shortwave 3 (2004)

Radios

Radios : 170,000 (1999)

Television broadcast stations

Television broadcast stations : 12 (includes 7 relay stations) (2004)

Televisions

Televisions : 23,000 (2000)

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 : .sz

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 : 2,582 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 5 (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 : 42,000 (2006)

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