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Telecommunications in Gabon include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.

Radio and television

Radio stations:

  • state owns and operates 2 radio stations; a private radio station; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are accessible (2007);
  • 6 AM, 7 FM, and 4 shortwave stations (2001).

Radios:

208,000 (1997).

Television stations:

  • state owns and operates 2 TV stations; a private TV station; satellite service subscriptions are available (2007);

Perhaps the most important station in Gabon and one that many shortwave radio listeners are familiar with is the privately owned Afrique Numero Un (Africa Number One) which operates on FM in the capital, Libreville, area and also broadcasts via shortwave. Afrique Numero Un also has relay stations in mostly French-speaking African countries.

Main lines:

  • 17,000 lines in use, 194th in the world (2012);

Mobile cellular:

  • 2.9 million lines, 133rd in the world (2012);

Internet

Top-level domain: .ga

  • 98,800 users, 160th in the world (2009); Over 1200&nbsp;km of fiber optic is deployed around the country. In 2017, over 20 cities and villages are serviced by this new network operated by Axione (Bouygues French company). 70% of the gabonese population can access mobile broadband services.

5,147 subscriptions, 160th in the world; 0.3% of the population, 154th in the world (2012).

Wireless broadband:

Introducing 3G/4G licences in 2014

Unknown (2012).

Internet hosts:

  • 127 hosts, 205th in the world (2012);

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Solsi Gabon, TLDC offer a WiMax network all over Libreville and Port-Gentil.

ICTS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AWARDS 2015

Through his leadership of the Gabonese Republic, President Ali Bongo Ondimba has led his nation to receive much international recognition for its commitment to progress in the field of ICT in the Central and Francophone Africa region as well as on the African continent.

President Ali Bongo Ondimba has stressed the necessity of establishing infrastructure, access to ICTs, as well as ameliorating broadband connections in both the public and private sectors, especially within households. President Ondimba has affirmed his position on the importance of ICTs in the development of Gabon, stating during the 2011 Broadband Leadership Summit at ITU Telecom World in Geneva that he promised to make high-speed Internet access an irrevocable right for all Gabonese citizens.

Internet censorship and surveillance

There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet or credible reports the government monitors e-mail or Internet chat rooms without appropriate legal authority.

The constitution and law provide for freedom of speech and press, and the government generally respects these rights. Libel can be either a criminal offense or a civil matter. Editors and authors of libelous material may be jailed for two to six months and fined 500,000 to five million CFA francs ($1,008 to $10,080). Penalties for libel, disrupting public order, and other offenses also include a one- to three-month publishing suspension for a first offense and a three- to six-month suspension for repeat offenses.