Guinea Telecom (GT),
owned 51% by Portugal Telecom Internacional (PTI), has monopoly over all
basic telecommunications and value-added services. In 1990, the Government
signed a contract with PTI granting them the monopoly for a 25-year period. The
Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications (MTT) is the higher institution
responsible for the telecommunications sector. The Government of Guinea-Bissau plans to
have the mobile network operational by the first half of 2001.
Teledensity:
- Total: 0.70
(1999)
- Largest cities:
10.88 (1999)
- Rest of the country:
0.03 (1999)
Digital main lines: 94.0%
(1999)
Waiting list for a telephone
line:
- Total: 3,000 (1999)
- Average waiting time:
> 10 years (1999)
- Total demand (k):
11.0 (1999)
- Satisfied demand (%):
73.2 (1999)
Telephone Tariffs (1999):
| PSTN connection charge -
residential |
US$ 82 |
| PSTN connection charge -
business |
US$ 82 |
| PSTN monthly subscription
- residential |
US$ 3.4 |
| PSTN monthly subscription
- business |
US$ 3.4 |
| PSTN local call - 3
minutes |
US$0.15 |
Source:
World Telecommunication Indicators 2000/2001
Public telephones: 130
(1999)
Public telephones per 1000
inhabitants: 0.11 (1999)
Mobile cellular subscribers:
na
Mobile susbcribers as a % of
total telephone subscribers: na
Mobile cellular tariffs:
na
Telecommunications revenue (M
US$): 14.5 (1999)
Telecommunications investment (M
US$): 2.3 (1999)
Telecommunications investment as
a % of revenue: 15.90 (1999)
Telecom equipment exports (M
US$): na
Telecom equipment imports (M
US$): na
Telecentres: na
Facsimiles: 500
(1998)
The Instituto
Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa (INEP) is the national institution
responsible for the management and co-ordination of scientific research, and for the
establishment of a central repository of research information. The Centre de
Documentation Technologique (CDT) and the National Library are
the two agencies within INEP which activities are related with information and
communication technologies.
Fightings which
erupted between the Government and the self-proclaimed military junta in 1998 resulted in
the destruction of most of the archival documents, audiotapes, photographs, films and
databases at the Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa (INEP). The
management of INEP has issued an urgent appeal requesting the international research
community to assist them to rebuild the archive.
Radio Televisao de Guine Bissau is
the national broadcasting institution responsible for radio and television broadcasting.
Radios per
100 inhabitants: 4.2 (1995)
Television
receivers per 100 inhabitants: na
Pay TV
decoders: na
Cable TV
subscribers: na
Home
satellite dishes/antennas: na
