Telecommunications in Lesotho - Telephone System

Telephone System

Rudimentary system

  • Country code +266
  • Telephones - main lines in use: 22,200 (2000)
  • Telephones - mobile cellular: 300,000 (2007)
  • Domestic: consists of a few landlines, a small microwave radio relay system, and a minor radiotelephone communication system; a cellular mobile telephone system is growing
  • International: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

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