Systems

Telephone system:

Domestic:

• Adequate system of cable
  Cable
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• Microwave
  Microwave
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   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...
  
   relay
• Tropospheric
  Troposphere
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   scatter
• Radiotelephone communication stations
• Domestic satellite system with 12 Earth stations

International:

• Satellite Earth stations - 3 Intelsat
  Intelsat
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   (Atlantic Ocean
  Atlantic Ocean
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Radio Communication

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 6, FM 7, shortwave 6 (1998)

Radios:
208,000 (1997)

There are two main broadcasters in Gabon. The state broadcaster, Radiodiffusion Télévision Gabonaise (RTG), operates two main networks - a national network in French and a provincial network in French and vernacular languages. There is also a special programme on RTG's FM frequencies. Perhaps the most important station in Gabon (and one that many shortwave radio listeners are familiar with) is the privately owned Afrique Numero Un http://www.africa1.com, which operates on FM in the Libreville area and also broadcasts via shortwave radio. Afrique Numero Un also has relay stations in mostly French-speaking African countries. Radio France Internationale

Radio France Internationale

Radio France Internationale was created in 1975 as part of Radio France by the Government of France, and replaced the Poste Colonial , Paris Mondial , Radio Paris , RTF Radio Paris and ORTF Radio Paris...

 has relay stations throughout Gabon. Other privately owned stations also operate in Gabon, though concentrated mostly in the Libreville area. (WRTH

World Radio TV Handbook

The World Radio TV Handbook, known also with the acronym WRTH, is a directory of virtually every radio and TV station on Earth, published yearly. It began publication in 1947 as the World Radio Handbook...

, 2005)

Television Communication

Television broadcast stations:
4 (plus five low-power repeaters) (2005)

Like many former French colonies, Gabon uses the SECAM

SECAM

SECAM, also written SÉCAM , is an analog color television system first used in France....

-K standard. However, RTG is the only television broadcaster operating in Gabon. Two television channels (chs. 4 and 8) are found in the Libreville area. All other channels and repeaters relay ch4. (WRTH, 2005)

Televisions:
63,000 (1997)

Internet Communication

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
Solsi Gabon offers a WiMaxx network all over Libreville and Port Gentil
They were also the sole provider to be operational through the death of President Bongo

Codes

Country code (Top-level domain): GA

Telephone code (when dialing Gabon internationally): 241

See also

• Gabon
  Gabon
  Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...