Telephones - main lines in use:
24,000 (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.677 million (2008)

Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate; small system of wire, radio telephone communications, and microwave radio relay links concentrated in the southwestern area of Niger
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity only 13 per 100 persons with cellular subscribership increasing rapidly from a small base; 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) (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 4 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
5 (2007)

Internet country code:
.ne

Internet hosts:
253 (2009)

Internet users:
80,000 (2008)