ate is 15 nakfa to the dollar

Communications
Eritrea

Telephones - main lines in use:

37,500 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

70,000 (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: inadequate; combined fixed-line and mobile
cellular subscribership is only about 2 per 100 persons
domestic: inadequate; most telephones are in Asmara; government is
seeking international tenders to improve the system (2002)
international: country code - 291; note - international connections
exist

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM NA, shortwave 2 (2000)

Radios:

345,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

2 (2006)

Televisions:

1,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.er

Internet hosts:

1,074 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

5 (2001)

Internet users:

120,000 (2007)

Transportation
Eritrea

Airports:

18 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 4
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 14
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 2 (2007)

Heliports:

1 (2007)

Railways:

total: 306 km
narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:

total: 4,010 km
paved: 874 km
unpaved: 3,136 km (2000)

Merchant marine:

total: 5
by type: cargo 2, liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll
off 1 (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Assab, Massawa

Military
Eritrea

Military branches:

Eritrean Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

18-40 years of age for male and female voluntary and compulsory
military service; 16-month conscript service obligation (2006)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 1,108,836
females age 16-49: 1,096,120 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 715,531
females age 16-49: 731,511 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 60,490
female: 60,639 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

6.3% of GDP (2006 est.)

Transnational Issues
Eritrea

Disputes - international:

Eritrea and Ethiopia agreed to abide by 2002 Ethiopia-Eritrea
Boundary Commission's (EEBC) delimitation decision but, neither
party responded to the revised line detailed in the November 2006
EEBC Demarcation Statement; UN Peacekeeping Mission to Ethiop