Telecommunications in Togo include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
[2] Calling code: +228[1] International call prefix: 00[3] Main lines: Mobile cellular: Telephone system: fair system based on network of microwave radio relay routes supplemented by open-wire lines and cellular system; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 50 telephones per 100 persons with mobile-cellular use predominating (2010).
[1] Communications cables: West Africa Cable System (WACS), a submarine cable linking countries along the west coast of Africa with each other and with Portugal and the United Kingdom;[5] GLO-1 which links countries along the west coast of Africa to each other and to Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
In criminal cases a judge or senior police official may authorize searches of private residences.
Citizens believe the government monitors telephones and correspondence, although such surveillance has not been confirmed.