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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 201
10,000 (2011)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 113
3.885 million (2011)
Telephone system
General assessment
Primary network consists of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable with services barely adequate for government use; key exchanges are in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo; intercity lines frequently out of order Domestic Fixed-line infrastructure inadequate providing less than 1 connection per 100 persons; in the absence of an adequate fixed line infrastructure, mobile-cellular subscribership has surged to 90 per 100 persons International Country code - 242; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011) Broadcast media
1 state-owned TV and 3 state-owned radio stations; several privately-owned TV and radio stations; satellite TV service is available; rebroadcasts of several international broadcasters are available (2007) Internet country code
.cg
Internet hosts World Ranking: 214
43 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 136
245,200 (2009)
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Republic Of The Congo (Brazzaville):
 
GPS points from Republic Of The Congo (Brazzaville)
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Upon independence in 1960, the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo. A quarter century of experimentation with Marxism was abandoned in 1990 and a democratically elected government took office in 1992. A brief civil war in 1997 restored former Marxist President Denis SASSOU-Nguesso, and ushered in a period of ethnic and political unrest. Southern-based rebel groups agreed to a final peace accord in March 2003, but the calm is tenuous and refugees continue to present a humanitarian crisis. The Republic of Congo was once one of Africa's largest petroleum producers, but with declining production it will need new offshore oil finds to sustain its oil earnings over the long term.