Page last updated on January 31, 2014

Telephones - main lines in use: 315,000 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 113
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
16.355 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 58
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
general assessment: mobile cellular service is increasing rapidly, but the number of main lines is still deficient; work underway on a national backbone information and communications technology infrastructure; international phone networks and Internet connectivity provided through satellite and VSAT applications
domestic: intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile-cellular systems for short-range traffic; mobile-cellular teledensity about 50 per 100 persons in 2010
international: country code - 256; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and Tanzania (2011)

Broadcast media:
public broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), operates radio and TV networks; Uganda first began licensing privately owned stations in the 1990s; by 2007 there were nearly 150 radio and 35 TV stations, mostly based in and around Kampala; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available in Kampala (2007)

Internet country code:
.ug

Internet hosts:
32,683 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 106
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
3.2 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 66
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]