Zambia - Communications
Geography - People - Economy - Government - Communications - Transportation - Military - Transnational IssuesZambia is located Southern Africa, east of Angola. The climate is tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April). The terrain is mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains.
Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use : 91,800 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 2.639 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 : facilities are aging but still among the best in Sub-Saharan Africa
Telephone system - domestic : high-capacity microwave radio relay connects most larger towns and cities; several cellular telephone services in operation and network coverage is improving; Internet service is widely available; very small aperture terminal (VSAT) networks are operated by private firms
Telephone system - international : country code - 260; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations
This entry includes the total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.Radio broadcast stations : AM 19, FM 5, shortwave 4 (2001)
Radios
Radios : 1.2 million (2001)
Television broadcast stations
Television broadcast stations : 9 (2001)
Televisions
Televisions : 277,000 (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 : .zm
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 : 7,610 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 5 (2001)
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 : 500,000 (2007)
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