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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 165
44,000 (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 155
732,700 (2009)
Telephone system
General assessment
A somewhat modern but not an advanced system Domestic Single source for mobile-cellular service with a geographic coverage of about 90% and a rising subscribership base; combined fixed-line and mobile cellular teledensity roughly 60 telephones per 100 persons in 2010; telephone system consists of carrier-equipped, open-wire lines and low-capacity, microwave radio relay International Country code - 268; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2009) Broadcast media
State-owned TV station; satellite dishes are able to access South African providers; state-owned radio network with 3 channels; 1 private radio station (2007) Internet country code
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Internet hosts World Ranking: 157
2,706 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 162
90,100 (2009)
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Swaziland (Mbabane):
 
GPS points from Swaziland (Mbabane)
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Autonomy for the Swazis of southern Africa was guaranteed by the British in the late 19th century; independence was granted in 1968. Student and labor unrest during the 1990s pressured King MSWATI III, Africa's last absolute monarch, to grudgingly allow political reform and greater democracy, although he has backslid on these promises in recent years. A constitution came into effect in 2006, but the legal status of political parties remains unclear. The African United Democratic Party tried unsuccessfully to register as an official political party in mid 2006. Talks over the constitution broke down between the government and progressive groups in 2007. Swaziland recently surpassed Botswana as the country with the world's highest known HIV/AIDS prevalence rate.