Introduction
How is the communication system in Chad? Here, Broadcast media include 1 state-owned TV station; 2 privately-owned TV stations; state-owned radio network, Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne (RNT), operates national and regional stations; over 10 private radio stations; some stations rebroadcast programs from international broadcasters (2017). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Chad
| Internet country code | .td |
|---|---|
| Internet users | |
| Total | 3.06 million (2021 est.) |
| Percent of population | 18% (2021 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | |
| General assessment | The telecom infrastructure is particularly poor; fixed, mobile and internet is well below African averages; Chad’s telecom market offers some potential for investors to develop services given the low starting base; the country’s first 3G/LTE mobile license was awarded in April 2014; Chad finally gained access to international fiber bandwidth in 2012 its national backbone infrastructure remains underdeveloped; the World Bank-funded Central African Backbone (CAB) project takes in Chad, while the country is also party to a Trans-Saharan Backbone project which will link a fiber cable to Nigeria and Algeria (2022) |
| Domestic | Fixed-line connections less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership base of about 60 per 100 persons (2021) |
| International | Country code - 235; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) |
| Telephones - fixed lines | |
| Total subscriptions | 5,000 (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | (2022 est.) less than 1 |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 12.087 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 68 (2022 est.) |
All Important Facts about Chad
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