Country code: 255. IDD is available. In some rural areas, international calls must go through the operator. There are many public call boxes in post offices and main towns.

Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone companies. Coverage is limited to main urban areas.

E-mail can be accessed in Internet cafes in main urban areas.

Until the 1990s, Tanzania's media were largely state-controlled. Founding President Julius Nyerere believed television would increase the divide between rich and poor. It was only in 1994 that the first private station was launched, and in 2001 that state-run TV was first broadcast. Numerous private radio stations are on the air. Liberalisation laws were brought into force in 2001, but these do not apply to Zanzibar. There are no private broadcasters or newspapers in Zanzibar, though many locals can receive mainland broadcasters and read the mainland press.
Press: Newspapers in Tanzania include the government-owned Daily News, which is Tanzania's oldest newspaper; Uhuru, which is also owned by the government and published in Swahili; the private English-language newspapers The Guardian and Daily Mail; the private Swahili-language newspapers Nipashe and Alasiri; and the private weeklies Business Times, The Express and Arusha Times.
TV: Channels include state-run Televisheni ya Taifa (TVT) and private networks Independent Television, Dar es Salaam Television and Coastal Television Network. TV Zanzibar is state-run.
Radio: State-run stations include Radio Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Parapanda Radio Tanzania and Voice of Tanzania-Zanzibar. There are dozens of private FM radio stations, most of them operating in urban areas. Among the private networks are Radio Free Africa, Radio One and Radio Uhuru. News bulletins from international radio stations - including the BBC, Voice of America and Germany's Deutsche Welle, are carried by many stations.

Airmail to Europe takes one week. Courier services take less than 24 hours.