Telephones - main lines in use:
100,000 (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
627,000 (2008)

Telephone system:
general assessment: the public telecommunications system was almost completely destroyed or dismantled during the civil war; private companies offer limited local fixed-line service and private wireless companies offer service in most major cities while charging the lowest international rates on the continent
domestic: local cellular telephone systems have been established in Mogadishu and in several other population centers
international: country code - 252; international connections are available from Mogadishu by satellite (2001)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 11 (also 1 station each in Puntland and Somaliland), shortwave 1 (in Mogadishu) (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
4 (2 in Mogadishu and 2 in Hargeisa) (2001)

Internet country code:
.so

Internet hosts:
0 (2009)

Internet users:
102,000 (2008)