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Communications in Liberia are as follows:

[edit] Telephone

There are 6,700 main telephone lines in use^[1]. Telephone and telegraph service is available via microwave radio relay network; the main center is Monrovia. There is one satellite earth station: Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean).

There were 4 cellular phone networks available in 2006:

The main newspapers are:

In 2001, there were 0 AM radio broadcast stations, 7 FM, and 2 shortwave, with 790,000 radio receivers.^[4]

Radio stations include:

As of 2001 there was one television broadcast station plus four low-power repeaters,^[5] while as of 1997 there were 70,000 television receivers.^[6]

There are 2 Internet Service Providers (ISPs)^[5]. They provide service to Liberia's 500 internet users.^[1] The Country code (Top-level domain) is LR.

^ ^a ^b 2000
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Liberia; LMC Extols Media Institutions, The NEWS, September 16, 2008, Africa News.
^ ^a ^b "Media regulator recommends support for local media coverage of truth commission", BBC Monitoring Africa, June 27, 2008. PoliticalSupplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring.
^ 1997 statistic — please update if possible
^ ^a ^b 2001
^ 1997 statistic — please update if possible
^ "Liberia: Press Union names Star Radio as radio station of year", BBC Monitoring Africa, July 30, 2008. PoliticalSupplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring.