Communications in Ghana

[These materials have been adapted from the section on Ghana in the 2000 CIA World Factbook.]

Telephones

• main lines in use: 200,000 (1998 est.)
• mobile cellular: 30,000 (year end 1998)
• System: poor to fair system; Internet accessible; many rural communities not yet connected; expansion of services is underway
• domestic: primarily microwave radio relay; wireless local loop has been installed
• international: satellite earth stations -- 4 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay link to Panaftel system connects Ghana to its neighbors

Radio

• Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 18, shortwave 3 (1999)
• Radios: 4.4 million (1997)

Television

• broadcast stations: 11 (1999)
• Televisions: 1.73 million (1997)

Digital Information Technology

• Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (1999)