Telephones - main lines in use:
30,400 (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
480,600 (2008)

Telephone system:
general assessment: primitive system; telephone density one of the lowest in the world; fixed-line connections stand at well less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage is increasing but remains at a meager 5 per 100 persons
domestic: sparse system of open-wire, radiotelephone communications, and low-capacity microwave radio relay
international: country code - 257; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2001)

Internet country code:
.bi

Internet hosts:
191 (2009)

Internet users:
65,000 (2008)