Introduction
How is the communication system in Sudan? Here, Broadcast media include Following the establishment of Sudan’s transitional government in August 2019, government-owned broadcasters became increasingly independent from government and military control. Following the October 2021 military takeover, additional restrictions were imposed on these government-owned broadcasters, which now practice a heightened degree of self-censorship but still operate more independently than in the pre-2019 environment. (2022). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Sudan
| Internet country code | .sd |
|---|---|
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
| Total | 28,782 (2020 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 0.1 (2020 est.) |
| Internet users | |
| Total | 13.248 million (2021 est.) |
| Percent of population | 28.8% (2021 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | |
| General assessment | Sudan emerged as a poorer country when South Sudan separated from it in 2011; although Sudan has about four times the population of South Sudan, the latter benefits from its control of the majority of known oil reserves; the Sudanese economy has been affected by hyperinflation in recent years, partly the result of the loss of oil revenue but also due to domestic volatility and social unrest; the difficult economic conditions have meant that for several years telcos have reported revenue under hyper inflationary reporting standards; pressure on revenue has made it difficult for operators to invest in infrastructure upgrades, and so provide improved services to customers; despite this, the number of mobile subscribers increased 7% in 2021, year-on-year; this level of growth is expected to have been maintained in 2022, though could slow from 2023; the country’s poor fixed-line infrastructure has helped the development of mobile broadband services; after fighting started in April 2023, much of the telecommunications infrastructure was damaged (2023) |
| Domestic | Teledensity fixed-line is 1 per 100 and mobile-cellular is 74 telephones per 100 persons (2022) |
| International | Country code - 249; landing points for the EASSy, FALCON and SAS-1,-2, fiber-optic submarine cable systems linking Africa, the Middle East, Indian Ocean Islands and Asia; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019) |
| Telephones - fixed lines | |
| Total subscriptions | 156,000 (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | (2022 est.) less than 1 |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 34.671 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 74 (2022 est.) |
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