Telecommunication
Infrastructure | Informatics
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Development | Broadcasting/Media
Telecommunication
Infrastructure
Sierratel
is the state-owned national telecommunications operator, and the
telecommunications sector is regulated by the Ministry of Transport, Communication and the
Environment.
Teledensity:
- Total: 0.38
(1999)
- Largest cities:
1.83 (1999)
- Rest of the country:
0.05 (1999)
Digital main lines: 88.90%
(1999)
Waiting list for a telephone
line:
- Total: 25,000
(1999)
- Average waiting time:
>10 (1999)
- Total demand (k):
42.4 (1999)
- Satisfied demand (%):
41.0 (1999)
Telephone Tariffs:
| Connection charge -
residential |
US$ 54 |
| Connection charge -
business |
US$ 54 |
| Monthly subscription -
residential |
US$ 0.6 |
| Monthly subscription -
business |
US$ 1.1 |
| 3 minutes local call |
US$ 0.03 |
Source:
World Telecommunication Indicators, 2000/2001
Public telephones: 310
(1999)
Public telephones per 1000
inhabitants: 0.07 (1999)
Mobile cellular subscribers:
na
Cellular subscribers as a % of
total telephone subscribers: na
Mobile cellular tariff: na
Telecentres: na
Telecommunications revenue
(M US$): 2.2 (1999)
Telecommunications
investment (M US$): 8.7 (1999)
Telecommunications
investment as a % of revenue: 56.2 (1999)
Telecom equipment exports
(M US$): na
Telecom equipment imports
(M US$): na
Facsimiles: 2,500
(1998)
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Informatics
HealthNet Sierra Leone
operates an e-mail service from the College of Medicine and Allied
Health Sciences of the University of Sierra Leone.
Sierranet
is a telephone-based computer network created to support research by university students
in Sierra Leone. In 1994, the project received US$ 32,000 from IDRC to develop and test
the network. By 1995, two e-mail systems were in operation: one for users at the
University of Sierra Leone and the other for the medical community, students, and staff at
the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences. Components of the networks are based
at the Sierranet Resources Centre and the University of Sierra Leone. The Centre also
houses a documentation facility, which plays a supporting role in creating awareness and
promoting the application of information technology in Sierra Leone. The military coup in
1997 and the ethnic strife in the country have completely disrupted Sierranet's potential
for growth. Source: IDRC Reports.
Computer
per 100 inhabitants: na
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ICT
Training and Development
The Institute
of Library, Archives and Information Studies at the University of Sierra
Leone has continued to function intermittently.
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Broadcasting/Media
Radio Broadcasting: The
state-operated Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service has two radio
services transmitting on AM and SW, and a 24-hour FM service.
Local Radio
Broadcasters:
- Radio FM 98.1: Based in
Freetown, this is the pro-democracy radio station of the country broadcasting on FM from
ECOMOG-controlled territory.
- Voice of the Handicapped FM.
Television Broadcasting: The
state-operated Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service operates UHF television
station.
Radios per
100 inhabitants: 25 (1995)
Television
receivers per 100 inhabitants: 1.3 (1999)
Pay TV
decoders: na
Cable TV
subscribers: na
Home
satellite dishes/antennas: 1,100 (1999)
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