Editing Communications in Uganda (section)

==Telephone==
[[File:Kiwanja uganda bike.jpg|thumb|right|A payphone is mounted on a bicycle in Uganda.]]
[[File:Kiwanja uganda charging 1.jpg|thumb|right|A cell phone being charged from a car battery in Uganda.]]
{{See also |Telephone numbers in Uganda}}
{{As of| June 2018}}, the telephone communications system was described by the CIA factbook as "developed through private partnerships", with "over {{convert|1800|km|0}} of fiber optics", and 4G network available in most major cities and national parks, and 3G service available in second-tier urban centers. 
<ref name="2R">{{cite web|access-date=29 June 2018 | url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/uganda/ |title=The World Factbook: Uganda: Communications: Telephone System |date=29 June 2018 | 
publisher=[[The World Factbook]] |author=Central Intelligence Agency |location=Washington, DC}}</ref> {{As of| 2004}}, [[Uganda Telecom Limited]] (UTL), Celtel and MTN Uganda Limited were the three telecommunications operators licensed by the Uganda Communications Commission.<ref name="1R"/>

In 2018 there were 368,243 main telephone lines in use in [[Uganda]], making Uganda 108th in the world. In 2016, there were 23 million mobile telephones in use; 54th in the world.<ref name="2R"/> This was an increase from 2006 when there were 108,600 main telephone lines in use in Uganda, and from 2007 when there were 4.195&nbsp;million mobile telephones in use.<ref name="2R"/> By June 2018, the total number of mobile telephone users in Uganda, was 23.6&nbsp;million, or 57.6% of the 41&nbsp;million population, 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>

{{As of| March 2010}} telephone traffic within is carried by wire. Microwave ''radi relay'', and radiotelephone communication stations are used in domestic telecommunications as well, and fixed and mobile cellular systems are used for short range traffic.<ref name="2R"/>

{{As of| March 2010}} international telephone communication is catered for by an [[Intelsat]] and an [[Inmarsat]] [[satellite earth station]], along with [[analog signal|analog]] links to [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]]. The international calling code is 256.<ref name="2R"/>