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Telephones - main lines in use:
174,500 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 129
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
20.984 million (2010)
country comparison to the world: 41
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
general assessment: telecommunications services are marginal; system operating below capacity and being modernized for better service; small aperture terminal (VSAT) system under construction
domestic: fixed-line telephone network inadequate with less than 1 connection per 100 persons; mobile-cellular service, aided by multiple providers, is increasing rapidly and, in 2010 reached a subscriber base of 50 telephones per 100 persons; trunk service provided by open-wire, microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and fiber-optic cable; some links being made digital
international: country code - 255; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Atlantic Ocean)

Broadcast media:
a state-owned TV station and multiple privately-owned TV stations; state-owned national radio station supplemented by more than 40 privately-owned radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2007)

Internet country code:
.tz

Internet hosts:
24,182 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 109
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
678,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 111
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]