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Telephones -
main lines in use | 328,000 (2005) | | Telephones -
mobile cellular | 699,000 (2005) | | | Telephone system | general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, but now suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstanding requests for connection despite an equally large number of installed but unused main lines
domestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines, radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loop installations, and a substantial mobile cellular network; Internet connection is available in Harare and planned for all major towns and for some of the smaller ones
international: country code - 263; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat; 2 international digital gateway exchanges (in Harare and Gweru) | | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998) | | Television broadcast
stations | 16 (1997) | | | Internet country code | .zw | | | Internet users | 1 million (2005) | |
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