Communications in Comoros
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In large part thanks to international aid programs, Moroni has international telecommunications service. Telephone service, however, is largely limited to the islands' few towns.
Communications in Comoros
Telephone
s - main lines in use:
5,000 (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
0 (1995)
Telephone system:
sparse system of microwave
radio relay and HF radiotelephone communication stations
domestic:
HF radiotelephone communications and microwave radio relay
international:
HF radiotelephone communications to Madagascar
and Réunion
Radio
broadcast
stations:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
90,000 (1997)
Television
broadcast stations:
0 (1998)
Televisions:
1,000 (1997)
Internet Service Provider
s (ISPs): 1 (1999)
Country code (Top-level domain): KM
Communications in Comoros
Comoros
The Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar...
Telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
s - main lines in use:
5,000 (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
0 (1995)
Telephone system:
sparse system of microwave
Microwave
Microwaves, a subset of radio waves, have wavelengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimeter, or equivalently, with frequencies between 300 MHz and 300 GHz. This broad definition includes both UHF and EHF , and various sources use different boundaries...
radio relay and HF radiotelephone communication stations
domestic:
HF radiotelephone communications and microwave radio relay
international:
HF radiotelephone communications to Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
and Réunion
Réunion
Réunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
Radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
broadcast
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
stations:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
90,000 (1997)
Television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
broadcast stations:
0 (1998)
Televisions:
1,000 (1997)
Internet Service Provider
Internet service provider
An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...
s (ISPs): 1 (1999)
Country code (Top-level domain): KM