Location: Angola
12 30 S, 18 30 E
Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Main City Codes:
Baia Farta 72, Bela Vista 72, Benguela 72, Cabinda 31, Catete 34, Catumbela 72, Caxito 34, Cubal 72, Cunene 65, Dombe Grande 72, Ganda 72, Huila 61, Huambo 41, Kuito 48, Lobito 72, Luanda 2, Lubango 61, Lucapa 52, Luena 54, Malange 51, Menongue 49, Namibe 64, Ndalatando 35, Ondjiva 65, Saurimo 53, Sumbe 36, Tombwa 64, Uíge 33, Xangongo 65
Cellular Phone Codes:
Mobile Providers Angola Telecom (AMPS800) 91, Unitel (GSM900) 92
Communications: Angola
- Telephones - main lines in use:
- 72,000 (1998)
- Telephones - mobile cellular:
- 3.307 million (2007)
- Telephone system:
- general assessment: system inadequate; fewer than one fixed-line per 100 persons; combined fixed line and mobile telephone density exceeded 25 telephones per 100 persons in 2007
- domestic: state-owned telecom had monopoly for fixed-lines until 2005; demand outstripped capacity, prices were high, and services poor; Telecom Namibia, through an Angolan company, became the first private licensed operator in Angola's fixed-line telephone network; Angola Telecom established mobile-cellular service in Luanda in 1993 and the network has been extended to larger towns; a privately-owned, mobile-cellular service provider began operations in 2001
- international: country code - 244; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 29 (2007)
- Radio broadcast stations:
- AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7 (2001)
- Television broadcast stations:
- 6 (2000)
- Internet country code:
- .ao
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
- 1 (2000)
- Internet hosts:
- 3,562 (2008)
- Internet users:
- 100,000 (2007)
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