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Communications in Ghana

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Telephones - main lines in use: 376,500 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 7.604 million (2007)

Telephone system: general assessment: outdated and unreliable fixed-line infrastructure heavily concentrated in Accra; competition among multiple mobile-cellular providers has spurred growth with subscribership about 35 per 100 persons and rising domestic: primarily microwave radio relay; wireless local loop has been installed international: country code - 233; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay link to Panaftel system connects Ghana to its neighbors (2007)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 86, shortwave 3 (2007)

Television broadcast stations: 7 (2007)

Internet country code: .gh

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 650,000 (2007)