Telecommunication
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Telecommunication Infrastructure
The Office Congolais des
Postes et des Télécommunications (OCPT) is the public telecommunications
operator in the Democratic Republic of Congo. OCPT is responsible to the Ministère
des Postes et Télécommunications. Gecamines which is the
biggest mining company in the country has its own private telephone network with 6,000
lines in the Katanga province.
The Ministère des Postes
et Télécommunications is currently responsible for regulating the
telecommunications sector as an independent regulatory authority has not yet been
established.
Teledensity:
- Total: 0.04
(1998)
- Largest cities:
0.46 (1998)
- Rest of the country:
na
Digital main lines: 56.40%
(1998)
Waiting list for a telephone
line:
- Total: 6,000
(1998)
- Average waiting time:
na
- Total demand (k):
27.0 (1998)
- Satisfied demand:
77.8% (1998)
Telephone Tariff:
| PSTN connection charge |
US$ 280.00 |
| PSTN rental per month |
US$ 27.00 |
| PSTN three minute local call |
US$ 0.25 |
| 320 km (200 miles) long
distance call per minute |
US$ 0.64 |
| International call to USA per
minute |
US$ 1.30 |
| Leased line 64 Kbps/month to
Europe |
US$ 6,000 |
Source:
BMI communication and technologies handbook 1998
Public telephones: 500
(1998)
Public telephones per 1,000
inhabitants: 0.01 (1998)
Mobile cellular subscribers:
10,000 (1999)
The following are the major
cellular operators:
- Telecel is the
first private cellular company operating an AMPS network since 1989. It has about 10,000
subscribers in the capital city, Kinshasa, and four other main cities.
- Comcell is another
AMPS cellular network operator which started in 1993, and it has around 2,000 subscribers
in 10 cities.
- Tatem is also
another AMPS cellular network covering only the port city of Matadi.
- TAT got a license
to operate a TABS-based cellular system in 1993 but it is not yet operational.
Cellular subscribers as a % of
total telephone subscribers: 33.3 (1999)
Mobile cellular tariff:
| |
Cell to Cell |
Cell to OCPT |
| Local call via Telecel per
minute |
US$ 0.39 |
US$ 0.59 |
| Local call via Comcell per
minute |
US$ 0.30 |
US$ 0.55 |
Telecommunications
revenue (M US$): na
Telecommunications investment (M
US$): na
Telecommunications investment as
a % of revenue: na
Telecom equipment exports (M
US$): na
Telecom equipment imports (M
US$): na
Telecentres: na
Facsimiles:
5,000 (1998)
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Informatics
The Archives
Nationales is operating the Réseau Documentaire Informatisé (REDI)
with assitance from the Agence de la Francophonie.
The Réseau
de Gestion par l'Informatique et la Télématique ZedNet is collaborating with
UNDP toward the development of Internet in the Country. It assists also students in the
use of the network.
HealthNet: There is a HealthNet node
in Democratic Republic of Congo which uses the low earth-orbiting satellite to exchange
messages.
Computer
per 100 inhabitants: na
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Broadcasting/Media
Radio broadcasters: Radio
Television Nationale Congolaise (RTNC) is a state-owned agency transmitting on medium
wave, shortwave and FM in French, Swahili, Lingala, Tshiluba and Kikongo languages.
Other FM stations are:
Radio RMV, Radio Elikia, two missionary stations and Radio Sangomalamu.
Television broadcasters: RTNC
has a wide coverage in the country.
TVKIN is a private TV 3 channels in
Kinshasa, and Antenne operates as a private TV station.
Radios per
100 inhabitants: 9.8 (1995)
Television
receivers per 100 inhabitants: 0.2 (1999)
Pay TV
decoders: na
Cable TV
subscribers: na
Home
satellite dishes: na
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