The post is fairly reliable and making international calls from the post office is not a major problem. You can send a telex at the post office (the PTT) or,
at much more expensive rates, at the Meridien and M'Bamou Palace hotels in Brazzaville.
Communications & Media Systems
Railroads: 797 km, 1.067-meter gauge, single track (includes 285 km that are privately owned)
Highways:
total 11,960 km
paved 560 km
unpaved gravel or crushed stone 850 km; improved earth 5,350 km;
unimproved earth 5,200 km
Inland waterways: the Congo and Ubangi (Oubangui) Rivers provide 1,120 km of commercially navigable water transport;
the rest are used for local traffic only
Pipelines: crude oil 25 km
Ports: Pointe-Noire (ocean port), Brazzaville (river port)
Airports:
total 41
usable 37
with permanent-surface runways 5
with runways over 3,659 m 0
with runways
2,440-3,659 m 1
with runways 1,220-2,439 m 16
Telecommunications: services adequate for government use; primary network is
composed of radio relay routes and coaxial cables; key centers are Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo; 18,100 telephones; broadcast stations - 4 AM, 1 FM, 4 TV; 1
Atlantic Ocean satellite earth station
