NigerCommunications
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Niger: Communications
Telephones - main lines in use:
22,400 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
24,000 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: small system of wire, radio telephone communications, and microwave radio relay links concentrated in the southwestern area of Niger
domestic: wire, radiotelephone communications, and microwave radio relay; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations and 1 planned
international: country code - 227; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 4 (2001)
Radios:
680,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (2002)
Televisions:
125,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.ne
Internet hosts:
134 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2002)
Internet users:
15,000 (2002)

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  • The World Factbook 2005, by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)