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
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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
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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 Provider
An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides services for accessing, using, or participating in the Internet. ISPs can be organized in various forms, such as commercial, community-owned, non-profit, or otherwise privat ...
s (ISPs): 1 (1999)
Country code
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(Top-level domain): KM
Special projects
In October 2011 the State of Qatar launched a special program for the construction of a
wireless network
A wireless network is a computer network that uses wireless data connections between network nodes.
Wireless networking is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and business installations avoid the costly process of introducing ...
to interconnect the three islands of the archipelago, by means of low cost, repeatable technology. The project has been developed by
Qatar University
Qatar University ( ar, جامعة قطر; transliterated: Jami'at Qatar) is a public research university located on the northern outskirts of Doha, Qatar. It is the only public university in the country. The university hosts ten colleges – Arts ...
and
Politecnico di Torino
The Polytechnic University of Turin ( it, Politecnico di Torino) is the oldest Italian public technical university. The university offers several courses in the fields of Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning and Industrial Design, and is co ...
, under the supervision of prof. Mazen Hasna and prof.
Daniele Trinchero
Daniele Trinchero (born December 23, 1968) is an Italian engineer and inventor who founded, in late 2004, with Riccardo Stefanelli, the iXem Labs at Politecnico di Torino, to develop new wireless technologies for applications in Environmental ...
, 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
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and Sustainable Inclusion in
developing countries
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External links
GSM World page on the ComorosPanAfriL10n page on the Comoros
References
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