Editing Uganda (section)

===Communications===
{{Main|Communications in Uganda}}
There are several systems of communication, including telephony, radio and television broadcasts, internet, mail, and newspapers. The use of phones and the internet has rapidly increased.

There are seven telecommunications companies and, {{As of|2018|lc=y}}, over 24 million subscribers{{update inline|date=June 2024}} according to the [[Uganda Communications Commission]],<ref name="3R">{{cite news|access-date=29 June 2018 | url=https://af.reuters.com/article/ugandaNews/idAFL8N1TV3TZ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629170739/https://af.reuters.com/article/ugandaNews/idAFL8N1TV3TZ | url-status=dead | archive-date=29 June 2018 | title=Uganda telecom operators to start charging social media tax |date=29 June 2018 |work=[[Reuters|Reuters Africa]] |
last=Elias Biryabarema |first=and Jane Merriman | location=Johannesburg}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web | url=http://www.ucc.co.ug/files/downloads/Q1-Market%20Report%202015.pdf | title=Q1-Market Report 2015 | access-date=15 February 2015 | website=Reports & Surveys | publisher=UCC: Uganda Communications Commission | archive-date=23 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123031129/http://www.ucc.co.ug/files/downloads/Q1-Market%20Report%202015.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> in a population of 48 million.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web | url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/NPHC%202014%20PROVISIONAL%20RESULTS%20REPORT.pdf | title=National Population and Housing Census 2014 | publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics | access-date=30 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110115940/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/NPHC%202014%20PROVISIONAL%20RESULTS%20REPORT.pdf | archive-date=10 January 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> More than 95% of internet connections are made using mobile phones.<ref>{{cite web | author1=Hendrik Rood | author2=Senior consultant | author3=Stratix Consulting | url=http://www.budde.com.au/Research/Uganda-Mobile-Market-Overview-Statistics-and-Forecasts.html | title=Uganda – Mobile Infrastructure, Operators and Broadband – Statistics and Analyses | work=Budde.com.au | access-date=30 May 2015 | archive-date=18 May 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518005600/http://www.budde.com.au/Research/Uganda-Mobile-Market-Overview-Statistics-and-Forecasts.html | url-status=live }}</ref>