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Communications of Tanzania

Telephones - main lines in use:169,135 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:6.72 million (2007)
Telephone system:general assessment: fair system operating below capacity and being modernized for better service; small aperture terminal (VSAT) system under construction
domestic: 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)
Radio broadcast stations:AM 12, FM 11, shortwave 2 (1998)
Radios:8.8 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:3 (1999)
Televisions:103,000 (1997)
Internet country code:.tz
Internet hosts:8,609 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):6 (2000)
Internet users:333,000 (2005)

Tanzania Quickstats

  • Population: 39,384,223
  • Area: 945,087 sq km
  • Density: 41 /km² (159th)
  • GDP (total): $27.12 billion (99th)
  • GDP (per capita): $27.12 billion (99th)
  • Literacy: 69.4%

Languages of Tanzania

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  • Currency: Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
  • Dial code: +255²[¹]

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Tanzania Internet

  • Usage: 333,000
  • Penetration: 0.9 %
  • Top Domain: .tz

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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