Editing Telecommunications in Rwanda (section)

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

* [[Calling code]]: +250<ref name=CIAWFB-Rwanda-2014/>
* [[List of international call prefixes|International call prefix]]: 000<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:
** 11,215 lines in use, 188th in the world (2019)<ref name=CIAWFB-Rwanda-2014/>
** Fixed lines subscriptions have dropped sharply since 2014<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) - Rwanda {{!}} Data|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.MLT.MAIN.P2?locations=RW&most_recent_value_desc=false|access-date=2021-05-04|website=data.worldbank.org}}</ref>
**Airtel Rwanda Ltd controls over 80% of the market<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority|title=STATISTICS REPORT FOR TELECOM, MEDIA AND BROADCASTING SECTOR AS OF THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE YEAR 2020|url=https://rura.rw/fileadmin/Documents/ICT/statistics/Report_for_ICT_Telecom_Statistics_report_as_of_December_2020.pdf|access-date=2021-05-04}}</ref>
* Mobile cellular: 
**9.53 million lines, 90th in the world (2019)<ref name="CIAWFB-Rwanda-2014" />
**Mobile cellular subscriptions have almost tripled over the past decade<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mobile cellular subscriptions - Rwanda {{!}} Data|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.CEL.SETS?locations=RW&most_recent_value_desc=false|access-date=2021-05-04|website=data.worldbank.org}}</ref>
**MTN Rwanda Ltd and Airtel Rwanda Ltd split the mobile cellular market roughly 60/40<ref name=":0" /> 
* Telephone system: 
** a government-sponsored [[fiber-optic cable]] expansion project was completed improving telecommunication services throughout the country (2011); a well-developed mobile cellular network covers nearly 98 percent of the population (2013).<ref name=FOTN-Rwanda-2013/>
** a small, inadequate telephone system primarily serves business, education, and government; the capital, [[Kigali]], is connected to the centers of the provinces by [[microwave radio relay]] and by cellular telephone service; much of the network depends on wire and HF [[radiotelephone]]; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone density has increased and now exceeds 40 telephones per 100 persons, international connections employ microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant countries (2010).<ref name=CIAWFB-Rwanda-2014/> 
* [[Communications satellite|Satellite earth stations]]: 1 [[Intelsat]] ([[Indian Ocean]]) in [[Kigali]] includes [[teleprinter|telex]] and [[fax|telefax]] service (2010).<ref name=CIAWFB-Rwanda-2014/>