Telephones - main lines in use:
50,074; however, 80,868 main lines have been installed (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
9,000 (1998)
Telephone system:
general assessment: seriously inadequate; two cellular systems have
been introduced, but a sharp increase in the number of main lines is
essential; e-mail and Internet services are available
domestic: intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and
radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile cellular
systems for short-range traffic
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and Tanzania
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 33, shortwave 2 (2001)
Radios:
5 million (2001)
Television broadcast stations:
8 (plus one low-power repeater) (2001)
Televisions:
500,000 (2001)
Internet country code:
.ug
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)
Internet users:
60,000 (2002)