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Economic Indicator: Telephone Statistics: Number of Fixed Lines, Mobile Phone Penetration Rate
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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2008
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Nakfa
Currency Symbol: ERN
Telephone system: general assessment: inadequate; most telephones are in Asmara; government is seeking international tenders to improve the system (2002) domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership is only about 3 per 100 persons (2009) international: country code - 291; note - international connections exist
Population : 5,939,484 (July 2011 est.)
Telephones - main lines in use: 48,500 (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 141,100 (2009)