Editing Telecommunications in Botswana (section)

==Telephones ==
'''Main lines in use:'''
* 160,500 lines, 134th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-Botswana>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/botswana/ "Botswana"], ''World Fact Book'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 7 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.</ref> 
* 136,900 (2006).

'''Mobile cellular in use:'''
* 3.1 million lines, 129th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-Botswana/> 

'''Telephone system'''
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* ''general assessment'': Botswana is participating in regional development efforts; expanding fully digital system with fiber-optic cables linking the major population centers in the east as well as a system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relays links, and radiotelephone communication stations (2011);
* ''domestic'': fixed-line teledensity has declined in recent years and now stands at roughly 7 telephones per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity now pushing 140 telephones per 100 persons (2011);
* ''international'': country code - 267; international calls are made via satellite, using international direct dialing; 2 international exchanges; digital microwave radio relay links to Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2011).