Introduction
How is the communication system in Rwanda? Here, Broadcast media include 13 TV stations; 35 radio stations registered, including international broadcasters, government owns most popular TV and radio stations; regional satellite-based TV services available. What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Rwanda
| Internet country code | .rw |
|---|---|
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
| Total | 17,685 (2020 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 0.1 (2020 est.) |
| Internet users | |
| Total | 3.9 million (2021 est.) |
| Percent of population | 30% (2021 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | |
| General assessment | Rwanda was slow to liberalize the mobile sector; there was effective competition among three operators; the fixed broadband sector has suffered from limited fixed-line infrastructure and high prices; operators are rolling out national backbone networks which also allow them to connect to the international submarine cables on Africa’s east coast; these cables gave the entire region greater internet bandwidth and ended the dependency on satellites; while the country also has a new cable link with Tanzania, and via Tanzania’s national broadband backbone it has gained connectivity to the networks of several other countries in the region; the number of subscribers on LTE infrastructure has increased sharply, helped by national LTE coverage achieved in mid-2018; mobile remains the dominant platform for voice and data services; the regulator noted that the number of mobile subscribers increased 2.7% in 2021, year-on-year; there was a slight fall in the beginning of 2022 (2022) |
| Domestic | Fixed-line less than 1 per 100 and mobile-cellular telephone density is 81 telephones per 100 persons (2021) |
| International | Country code - 250; international connections employ microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant countries; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) in Kigali (includes telex and telefax service); international submarine fiber-optic cables on the African east coast has brought international bandwidth and lessened the dependency on satellites |
| Telephones - fixed lines | |
| Total subscriptions | 10,000 (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | (2022 est.) less than 1 |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 11.002 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 80 (2022 est.) |
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