Sudan:
Communications & Transportation


Telephones - main lines in use	636,900 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular	4.683 million (2006)
Telephone system	general assessment: large, well-equipped system by regional standards and being upgraded; cellular communications started in 1996 and have expanded substantially domestic: consists of microwave radio relay, cable, radiotelephone communications, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations international: country code - 249; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Arabsat (2000)
Radio broadcast stations	AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)
Television broadcast stations	3 (1997)
Internet country code	.sd
Internet hosts	21 (2007)
Internet users	3.5 million (2006)

Airports	101 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 16 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 under 914 m: 1 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 85 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 20 914 to 1,523 m: 37 under 914 m: 27 (2007)
Heliports	4 (2007)
Pipelines	gas 156 km; oil 3,930 km; refined products 1,613 km (2006)
Railways	total: 5,978 km narrow gauge: 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2006)
Roadways	total: 11,900 km paved: 4,320 km unpaved: 7,580 km (1999)
Waterways	4,068 km (1,723 km open year round on White and Blue Nile rivers) (2006)
Merchant marine	total: 3 ships (1000 GRT or over) 21,311 GRT/26,179 DWT by type: cargo 2, livestock carrier 1 (2007)
Ports and terminals	Port Sudan