Telephones - main lines in use:
168,500 (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
8.555 million (2008)

Telephone system:
general assessment: seriously inadequate; mobile cellular service is increasing rapidly, but the number of main lines is still deficient; e-mail and Internet services are available
domestic: intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile-cellular systems for short-range traffic
international: country code - 256; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and Tanzania

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 33, shortwave 2 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
8 (plus 1 repeater) (2001)

Internet country code:
.ug

Internet hosts:
6,757 (2009)

Internet users:
2.5 million (2008)