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Communications in Uganda

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These include a system of telephony, radio and television broadcasts as well as several newspapers. There are 108,600 (2006) main telephone Communications in Uganda lines in use in Uganda, and, in 2007, 4.195 million (2007) mobile telephones in use. These serve 2.6 million radios. There communications are 2 major PayTV providers i.e DSTV and GTV (as Communications in Uganda of May 2008) There are 22 television broadcast stations, serving 1,785,000 televisions.

Microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations are used in the country also. Telecommunications in Puerto Rico There are a number of systems of communication in Uganda.

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There are analog links to Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda has 18 internet service providers, providing for 750,000 (2006) internet users. International telephone communication is catered for by an Intelsat and an Inmarsat satellite earth station.

Fixed and mobile cellular systems are used for short range traffic. Three cellular systems have been introduced in Uganda for mobile telephony. Intercity telephone traffic is carried by wire.

There are 15,000 HD Ready telelvisions. Daily newspapers in Uganda include The New Vision, Sunday Vision, The Daily Monitor, The Sunday Monitor, The Red Pepper, The Sunday Pepper, The Uganda Observer, The East African.