Editing Telecommunications in Cameroon (section)

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

* [[Calling code]]: +237<ref name=CIAWFB-Cameroon-2014>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cameroon/ "Communications: Cameroon"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 28 January 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.</ref>
* [[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>
* Main lines:
** 737,400 lines in use, 88th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-Cameroon-2014/>
** 130,700 lines in use (2006).
* Mobile cellular:
** 13.1 million lines, 64th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-Cameroon-2014/>
** &nbsp;&nbsp;4.5 million lines (2007).
* Telephone system: system includes cable, [[microwave radio relay]], and [[tropospheric scatter]]; Camtel, the monopoly provider of fixed-line service, provides connections for only about 3 per 100 persons; equipment is old and outdated, and connections with many parts of the country are unreliable; mobile-cellular usage, in part a reflection of the poor condition and general inadequacy of the fixed-line network, has increased sharply, reaching a subscribership base of 50 per 100 persons (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-Cameroon-2014/>
* [[List of international submarine communications cables|Communications cables]]: [[SAT-3/WASC|South Atlantic 3/West Africa Submarine Cable]] (SAT-3/WASC) fiber-optic cable system provides connectivity to Europe and Asia (2011);<ref name=CIAWFB-Cameroon-2014/> [[ACE (cable system)|Africa Coast to Europe]] (ACE), cable system connecting countries along the west coast of Africa to each other and to [[Portugal]] and [[France]], is planned.<ref>[http://www.ace-submarinecable.com/ace/default/EN/all/ace_en/ "ACE: Africa Coast to Europe"], Orange SA. Retrieved 8 February 2014.</ref>
* [[Communications satellite|Satellite earth stations]]: 2 [[Intelsat]] ([[Atlantic Ocean]]) (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-Cameroon-2014/>