Communications in Liberia

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Communications in Liberia are as follows:

There are 6,700 main telephone lines in use[1]. Telephone and telegraph service is available via microwave radio relay network; the main center is Monrovia. There is one satellite earth station: Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean).

There were 4 cellular phone networks available in 2006:

  • Cellcom: 180,000 Customers
  • Lone Star: 185,000 Customers
  • Comium: 50,000 Customers
  • Awali: 4500 Customers

The main newspapers are:

In 2001, there were 0 AM radio broadcast stations, 7 FM, and 2 shortwave.

There are 790,000 radios.[2]

There is one television broadcast station plus four low-power repeaters[3].

There are 70,000 televisions.[4]

There are 2 Internet Service Providers (ISPs)[3]. They provide service to Liberia's 500 internet users[1]. The Country code (Top-level domain) is LR.

  1. ^ a b 2000
  2. ^ 1997 statistic — please update if possible
  3. ^ a b 2001
  4. ^ 1997 statistic — please update if possible

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