The Uganda Atlas

Science and technology

Telephone and internet subscribers from 2003 - 2007

©Paul Mayhill

Makerere University Faculty of Technology

Telephone, internet subscribers and talk time

Year

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Subscribers Fixed phone Cellular phone

985828 65793 777563

1111692

1625902 100777 1525125

2827479 129863 2697616

5329202 165788 5163414

82495

1165035

Internet

6500 1308

7024 1559

8000 1724

9500 2307

15000

Telephone talk (million minutes)

3005

Internet users

233675

252513

287600

1000000

1600000

Source: NEMA, National State of Environment Report for Uganda 2008 (in Press)

©Paul Mayhill

A portable telephone in Uganda. Source : Africa Atlas of Our Changing Environment (2008)

Some of the Telephone and Internet companies in Uganda (2009)

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