Telecommunications in Djibouti

Telecommunications in Djibouti falls under the authority of the Ministry of Communication & Culture.

Communications

Telephones

• Main lines in use: 18,000 (2012)
• Mobile/cellular: 209,000 (2012)

Telephone system

The Djibouti Telecom headquarters in Djibouti City.

General assessment: Telephone facilities in the city of Djibouti are defined by CIA World Factbook as "adequate as are the microwave radio relay connections to outlying areas of the country."

• Domestic: Djibouti Telecom is the sole provider of telecommunications services and utilizes mostly a microwave radio relay network; fiber-optic cable is installed in the capital; rural areas connected via wireless local loop radio systems; mobile cellular coverage is primarily limited to the area in and around Djibouti city
• International: country code - 253
• SEA-ME-WE 3 submarine cable to Jeddah, Suez, Sicily, Marseille, Colombo, and Singapore
• satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat
• Medarabtel regional microwave radio relay telephone network

Radio

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001)

Television

Radio Television of Djibouti headquarters in Djibouti City.

Television broadcast stations: 1 (2002); Radio Television of Djibouti

Broadcast media

Maintains restrictions on the licensing and operation of broadcast media; state-owned Radiodiffusion-Television de Djibouti (RTD) operates the sole terrestrial TV station as well as the only 2 domestic radio networks; no private TV or radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2007)

Internet

Internet hosts: 215 (2012)

• Internet country code: .dj

Internet users

61,320 (2011)

References

• CIA Factbook on Djibouti

External links

• GSM World page on Djibouti
• PanAfriL10n page on Djibouti