Page last updated on January 31, 2014

Telephones - main lines in use: 161,100 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 133
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
27.22 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 39
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
general assessment: telecommunications services are marginal; system operating below capacity and being modernized for better service; small aperture terminal (VSAT) system under construction
domestic: fixed-line telephone network inadequate with less than 1 connection per 100 persons; mobile-cellular service, aided by multiple providers, is increasing rapidly and in 2011 exceeded a subscriber base of 50 telephones per 100 persons; trunk service provided by open-wire, microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and fiber-optic cable; some links being made digital
international: country code - 255; landing point for the EASSy fiber-optic submarine cable system linking East Africa with Europe and North America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Atlantic Ocean) (2010)

Broadcast media:
a state-owned TV station and multiple privately owned TV stations; state-owned national radio station supplemented by more than 40 privately owned radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2007)

Internet country code:
.tz

Internet hosts:
26,074 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 110
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
678,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 111
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]