Telecommunications in São Tomé and Príncipe

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Telephones - main lines in use: 3,000 (1995)

Telephones - mobile cellular: available, working more accurately than landlines

Telephone system:
domestic: minimal system
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios: 38,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997)

Televisions: 23,000 (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): available, dial-up low quality, "broad band" (128/256) very expensive

Country code (Top level domain): .st

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