a single TV channel and a radio station are controlled by the government; several community and commercial FM stations are operational, mostly sponsored by outside aid donors; some foreign radio broadcasts are available
(2019). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.Internet country code | .ss |
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
Total | 200 (2019 est.) |
Internet users | |
Total | 869,000 (2021 est.) |
Percent of population | 7.9% (2021 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | Following a referendum, oil-rich South Sudan seceded from Sudan in 2011 and became an independent nation; having been deprived of investment for decades, it inherited one of the least developed telecom markets in the world; there was once investment activity among mobile network operators who sought to expand their networks in some areas of the country; operators in the telecom sector placed themselves in survival mode and are hoping for a political settlement and a return to some degree of social stability; South Sudan has one of the lowest mobile penetration rates in Africa; growth in the sector in coming years is premised on a resolution to the political crisis and a recovery of the country’s economy; the virtually untapped internet and broadband market also depends to a large extent on the country gaining access to international fiber cables and on a national backbone network being in place; sophisticated infrastructure solutions are needed to reach the 80% of the population that live outside of the main urban centers; some improvement has followed from the cable link in February 2020 which connects Juba directly to the company’s submarine landing station at Mombasa; the cable was South Sudan’s first direct international fiber link, and has helped drive down the price of retail internet services for residential and business customers; a second cable linking to the border with Kenya was completed in December 2021 (2022) |
Domestic | Fixed-line less than 1 per 100 subscriptions, mobile-cellular is 30 per 100 persons (2021) |
International | Country code - 211 (2017) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | (2018 est.) less than 1 |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 3.276 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 30 (2022 est.) |
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