


Telephones - main lines in use:
- 14,000 (2010)
- country comparison to the world: 197
- Telephones - mobile cellular:
- 2.137 million (2011)
- country comparison to the world: 139
Telephone system:
- general assessment: marginal telephone service with poor infrastructure
- domestic: the national microwave radio relay trunk system connects Freetown to Bo and Kenema; while mobile-cellular service is growing rapidly from a small base, service area coverage remains limited
- international: country code - 232; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2009)
Broadcast media:
- 1 government-owned TV station; 1 private TV station began operating in 2005; a pay-TV service began operations in late 2007,1 government-owned national radio station;about two dozen private radio stations primarily clustered in major cities; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2007)
Internet country code:
- .sl
Internet hosts:
- 282 (2012)
- country comparison to the world: 192
Internet users:
- 14,900 (2009)
- country comparison to the world: 199
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