Communications Cote d'Ivoire
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         Telephones - main lines in use: 263,700 (2000)
           Telephones - mobile cellular: 450,000 (2000)
                       Telephone system: general assessment: well developed
                                         by African standards but operating
                                         well below capacity
                                         domestic: open-wire lines and
                                         microwave radio relay; 90%
                                         digitalized
                                         international: satellite earth
                                         stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic
                                         Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); 2
                                         coaxial submarine cables (June
                                         1999)
               Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3 (1998)
                                 Radios: 2.26 million (1997)
          Television broadcast stations: 14 (1999)
                            Televisions: 1.09 million (2000)
                  Internet country code: .ci
      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 5 (2001)
                         Internet users: 10,000 (2001)