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Telecommunications in the Comoros

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ7695914 ↗
Source-derived summary

In large part thanks to international aid programs, Moroni has international telecommunications service. Telephone service, however, is largely limited to the islands' few towns.

Overview

Telephones – main lines in use:

5,000 (1995)

Telephones – mobile cellular:

0 (1995)

Telephone system:

sparse system of microwave radio relay and HF radiotelephone communication stations

domestic:

HF radiotelephone communications and microwave radio relay

CMDA mobile network (Huri, operated by Comores Telecom)

international:

HF radiotelephone communications to Madagascar and Réunion

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

90,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

0 (1998)

Televisions:

1,000 (1997)

Internet service providers (ISPs): 1 (1999)

Country code (Top-level domain): .km

Special projects

In October 2011, the State of Qatar launched a special program for the construction of a wireless network to interconnect the three islands of the archipelago, by means of low cost, repeatable technology. The project has been developed by Qatar University and Politecnico di Torino, under the supervision of prof. Mazen Hasna and prof. Daniele Trinchero, with a major participation of local actors (Comorian Government, NRTIC, University of the Comoros). The project has been referred as an example of technology transfer and Sustainable Inclusion in developing countries

External links

GSM World page on the Comoros

PanAfriL10n page on the Comoros

References

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Indian Ocean : five island countries. Federal Research Division.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Telecommunications in the Comoros” is open-knowledge reference entry. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Telecommunications, Comoros and Open-knowledge, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1995, 1998, 1997, 1999—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Telecommunications, Comoros and Open-knowledge is the immediate research focus.
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