Introduction
How is the communication system in Uganda? Here, Broadcast media include public broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), operates radio and TV networks; 31 Free-To-Air (FTA) TV stations, 2 digital terrestrial TV stations, 3 cable TV stations, and 5 digital satellite TV stations; 258 operational FM stations. What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Uganda
| Internet country code | .ug |
|---|---|
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
| Total | 58,594 (2020 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 0.1 (2020 est.) |
| Internet users | |
| Total | 4.6 million (2021 est.) |
| Percent of population | 10% (2021 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | |
| General assessment | A series of reforms within Uganda’s telecom sector have provided the country with one of the most competitive markets in the region; in line with the regulator’s licensing requirements by which Uganda-based companies should be broadly owned by Ugandans by mid-2022; fixed-line infrastructure remains poor, with low penetration, and as a result fixed-line broadband penetration is also particularly low; consumers have largely depended on mobile infrastructure to provide voice and broadband services; there is sufficient capacity with LTE infrastructure to match data demand during the next few years; Uganda has anticipated the migration to 5G, having held trials in early 2020 though the roll out of 5G is not expected until later in 2022 (2022) |
| Domestic | Fixed-line less than 1 per 100 and mobile cellular systems teledensity is 66 per 100 persons (2021) |
| International | Country code - 256; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog and digital links to Kenya and Tanzania |
| Telephones - fixed lines | |
| Total subscriptions | 117,000 (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | (2022 est.) less than 1 |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 33.068 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 70 (2022 est.) |
All Important Facts about Uganda
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