Contents

- General Information
- Geography and Environment
- Population and HIV/AIDS
- Economy
- Communications, Information, Science and Technology
- Chronology of History

Communication, Information, Science and Technology

Botswana's international dialing code: +267

Communication (per 1,000 people) [1]
Telephone mainlines: 65 (1998)
Mobile telephones: 15 (1998)
Personal computers:25.5 (1998)
Television sets: 20 (1998)
Radios: 156 (1997)
Daily newspapers: 27 (1996)
Internet hosts: 13.90 (per 10,000 people, Jan. 2000)

In addition to the government-owned newspaper and national radio network, there is an active, independent press (six weekly newspapers). Two privately owned radio stations began operations in 1999. At the end of July 2000, the government-owned Botswana Television (BTV) was launched, which is Botswana's first national television station. [3]

Domestic: Microwave radio relay links; a fiber-optic telecommunications network connects all major population centers.
International: Microwave radio links to Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat. [2]

Transportation

Highways, which connect all major towns and district capitals are almost completely paved and the Trans-Kalahari highway connects the country with Walvis Bay in Namibia. [3]

Source
[1] The World Bank. 2000. World Development Report 2000/2001. Attacking Poverty. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press. The complete report is available on-line: http://worldbank.org/poverty/wdrpoverty/report/

[2] CIA, The World Factbook, Botswana, http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bc.html

[3] U.S. Department of State, Background Notes: Botswana, http://www.state.gov/r/pa/bgn/index.cfm?docid=611

- General Information
- Geography and Environment
- Population and HIV/AIDS
- Economy
- Communications, Information, and Science and Technology
- Chronology of History