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Encyclopedia > Communications in Ghana

Telephones - main lines in use: 313,200 (2005 est.) The telephone is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly speech) across distance. ...


Telephones - mobile cellular: 1,695,000 (March 2005) Source: http://www.nca.org.gh/ncatemp/downloads/OPERATORS%20DATABASE.pdf


Telephone system: poor to fair system; Internet accessible; many rural communities not yet connected; expansion of services is underway
domestic: primarily microwave radio relay; wireless local loop has been installed
international: satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay link to Panaftel system connects Ghana to its neighbors Microwaves are electromagnetic waves with wavelengths longer than those of terahertz (THz) frequencies, but relatively short for radio waves. ... An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ... Intelsat, Ltd. ...


Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 117, shortwave 2 (2007) Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. ...


Radios: 12.8 million (2007)


Television broadcast stations: 27 (March 2005) Source: http://www.nca.org.gh/ncatemp/downloads/LIST%20OF%20TVS%20AS%20@%20MARCH%2031,%202005.pdf


Televisions: 1.73 million (1997)


Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 16 (2004) “ISP” redirects here. ...


Country code (Top-level domain): GH

See also : Ghana
  • Ghana HomePage and Communication in Ghana

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Ghana is a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Ghana has 12,130 primary schools, 5,450 junior secondary schools, 503 senior secondary schools, 21 training colleges, 18 technical institutions, two diploma-awarding institutions and five universities serving a population of 17 million; this means that most Ghanaians have relatively easy access to good education.
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