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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
<br>''domestic:''
HF radiotelephone communications and microwave radio relay<br>
CMDA mobile network (Huri, operated by Comores Telecom)
<br>''international:''
HF radiotelephone communications to [[Madagascar]] and [[Réunion]]

Radio [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] stations:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:
90,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
0 (1998)

Televisions:
1,000 (1997)

[[Internet Service Provider]]s (ISPs): 1 (1999)

[[Country codes|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 country|developing countries]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070615054547/http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_km.shtml GSM World page on the Comoros]
*[http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Comoros PanAfriL10n page on the Comoros]

==References==

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