Communications in Côte d'Ivoire
Encyclopedia
Telephone
s - main lines in use:
328,000 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 4,000,000 (2007)
)
Telephone system:
well-developed by African standards but operating well below capacity
domestic:
open-wire lines and microwave
radio relay; 90% digitalized
international:
satellite
earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); 2 coaxial submarine cables (June 1999)
Radio
broadcast stations:
AM
2, FM
9, shortwave 3 (1998)
Radios:
2.26 million (1997)
Television
broadcast stations:
14 (1999)
Televisions:
900,000 (1997)
Internet
hosts:
3,795 (2004)
Internet users:
90,000 (2002)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 Africaonline and Aviso
Country codes: CI
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:
328,000 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 4,000,000 (2007)
)
Telephone system:
well-developed by African standards but operating well below capacity
domestic:
open-wire lines and 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; 90% digitalized
international:
satellite
Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); 2 coaxial submarine cables (June 1999)
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 stations:
AM
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...
2, FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
9, shortwave 3 (1998)
Radios:
2.26 million (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:
14 (1999)
Televisions:
900,000 (1997)
Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
hosts:
3,795 (2004)
Internet users:
90,000 (2002)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 Africaonline and Aviso
Country codes: CI