Encyclopedia > Communications in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Telephones - main lines in use: 20,000 (2000), 36,000 (1995) A telephone handset A touch-tone telephone dial Telephone Complex relay used in a telephone switching system. ...
Telephones - mobile cellular: 15,000 (2000), 10,000 (1995)
Telephone system: general assessment: poor domestic: barely adequate wire and microwave radio relay service in and between urban areas; domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) Intelsat is the worlds largest commercial satellite communications services provider. ...
Radiobroadcast stations: AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2 (2001), AM 3, FM 12, shortwave 1 (1999) Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video signals (programs) to a number of recipients (listeners or viewers) that belong to a large group. ...
Radios: 18.03 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 4 (2001), 20 (1999)
Televisions: 6.478 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (1999) An Internet service provider (ISP) is a business or organization that offers users access to the Internet and related services. ...
It borders the Central African Republic and Sudan on the north, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania on the east, Zambia and Angola on the south, and the Republic of the Congo on the west.
The Congo territory was acquired formally by Leopold at the Conference of Berlin in 1885.
The Congo is situated at the heart of the west-central portion of sub-Saharan Africa and is bounded by (Clockwise from the southwest) Angola, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania across Lake Tanganyika, and Zambia.
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