Editing Communications in Burundi (section)

==Telephones==
{{See also |Telephone numbers in Burundi}}

* [[Calling code]]: +257<ref name="cia14"/>
* [[List of international call prefixes|International call prefix]]: 00<ref>[http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164C-2011-PDF-E.pdf ''Dialing Procedures (International Prefix, National (Trunk) Prefix and National (Significant) Number) (in Accordance with ITY-T Recommendation E.164 (11/2010))''], Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin No. 994-15.XII.2011, International Telecommunication Union (ITU, Geneva), 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.</ref>
* Telephone system:
** In 2011, system described as sparse open-wire, radiotelephone communications, and low-capacity [[microwave radio relay]]s; telephone density one of the lowest in the world; fixed-line connections stand at well less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage is increasing but remains at roughly 20 per 100 persons;<ref name="cia14"/> 
** In 2010, system described as “primitive” with “one of the lowest” telephone densities in the world and “increasing … but meager” use of cell phones; the number of fixed-line telephone connections was far fewer than one per every 100 persons; roughly five cell phones in use per 100 persons; the domestic telephone system consists of open-wire, [[radiotelephone]] communications, along with low capacity [[microwave radio relay]].<ref name="cia14" />
* Main lines:
** 17,400 lines in use, 193rd in the world (2012);<ref name="cia14"/>
** 30,400 lines in use, 178th in the world (2008), a decrease from 2006;<ref name="cia14" /> 
** 35,000 lines in use (2006);<ref name="cia14" />
** 27,000 lines in use (2005);<ref name="cia14" />
** 17,000 lines in use (1995).<ref name="cia14" />
* Mobile cellular lines:
** 2.2 million lines, 140th in the world (2012);<ref name="cia14"/>
** 480,600 lines, 156th in the world (2008),<ref name="cia14" /> a large increase, almost doubling the figure from 2006;
** 250,000 lines (2006);<ref name="cia14" /> 
** 153,000 lines (2005);<ref name="cia14" /> 
** &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;343 lines (1995).<ref name="cia14" />
* [[Communications satellite|Satellite earth stations]]: one station, operated by [[Intelsat]] in the [[Indian Ocean]] region (2008).<ref name="cia14"/>