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Sudan
Index
Domestic telecommunications in Sudan were sparse, and the
system suffered from poor maintenance. In 1991 the country had
only 73,000 telephones, two-thirds of which were in the Khartoum
area. Telex was available in the capital. A domestic satellite
system with fourteen ground stations, supplemented by coaxial
cable and a microwave network, linked telephone exchanges and
broadcast facilities within the country. Eleven cities had
amplitude modulation (AM) radio stations, and Khartoum, Atbarah,
and Wad Madani had television stations with broadcasts in Arabic
seven hours nightly. The country had an estimated 6 million radio
receivers and 250,000 television sets in 1991.
International telecommunications were modern and provided
high-quality links to the rest of the world. A satellite ground
station near the capital working with the International
Telecommunications Satellite Corporation's (Intelsat) Atlantic
Ocean satellite permitted direct dialing of telephone calls
between Sudan and Europe, North America, and parts of Africa. In
addition, a second satellite ground station was linked to the
Arab Satellite Communications Organization's (Arabsat) pan-Arab
communications network. The Arabsat network was used for live
television broadcasts, news exchanges, and educational
programming among the members of the League of Arab States (Arab
League).
Data as of June 1991
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