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Guinea-Bissau
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Communications

Guinea-Bissau

Telephone

Country code: 245. Outgoing international calls must go through the operator. It is difficult to find public telephones or to receive international calls. Telephone services are also expensive.

Mobile Telephone

Some networks operate. No roaming agreements have been announced yet.

Internet

Very limited Internet access is available in Bissau.

Post

There is a limited postal service.

Media

Since the overthrow of Kumba Yala in 2003, the media scene has been less repressive. The lack of a reliable power supply is still a problem. Private radio stations operate alongside the state-run broadcaster. There are few private newspapers, essentially due to financial constraints rather than to Government interference.

Press

• There are no English-language papers.
• Journal Nô Pintcha is a state-run newspaper published daily.
• Banobero, Correio-Bissau and Fraskera are private weekly publications.

TV

• Radio Televisao de Guinea-Bissau (RTGB) is state run.
• RTP Africa, operated by Portuguese public broadcaster RTP, is run by local management, its studios and infrastructure are funded by Portugal.

Radio

Radio Nacional is a state-run station.
• Radio Pindjiguiti, Bombolom FM and Voice of Quelele are private stations.

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