Telephones - main lines in use:
37,300 (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
9.263 million (2008)

Telephone system:
general assessment: fixed line infrastructure inadequate with the state-owned operator providing less than 1 connection per 1000 persons; given the backdrop of a wholly inadequate fixed-line infrastructure, the use of cellular services has surged and subscribership in 2008 approached 9.3 million - roughly 15 per 100 persons
domestic: barely adequate wire and microwave radio relay service in and between urban areas; domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations
international: country code - 243; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
4 (2001)

Internet country code:
.cd

Internet hosts:
3,015 (2009)

Internet users:
290,000 (2008)