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Telecommunications in Ghana

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(ITU) Country code (Top-level domain): GH Regulation: The National Communications Authority (NCA), an independent regulator, was created in 1997, deriving its statutory Telecommunications in Ghana framework from the NCA Act 1996. (GINKS). Penetration 1.6%. Telephones - mobile subscribers: 5,900,000 (2007). Telephone system: poor to fair system; Internet accessible; communications many rural communities not yet connected; expansion of services is Telecommunications in Ghana underway domestic: primarily microwave radio relay; wireless local loop has been installed international: satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay link to Panaftel system Fenton Communications connects Ghana to its neighbors Radio broadcast stations: AM: 0 Shortwave: 2 (2007) FM: 137 licensed, of which 129 operational (December 2006, NCA). Radios: 12.8 million Telecommunications in Ghana (2007) Television broadcast stations: 27 (March 2005) Source: http://www.nca.org.gh/ncatemp/downloads/LIST%20OF%20TVS%20AS%20@%20MARCH%2031,%202005.pdf Televisions: 1.73 million (1997) Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 29 operational ISPs; 165 licensed (May 2007).

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pp. 41. There are 490,000 internet users (end 2006), Telecommunications in Ghana representing a penetration of about 2%.