Telephones - main lines in use: Telephones - mobile cellular: Telephone system: Broadcast media: Internet hosts: Internet users:
100,500 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 145
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]
5.4 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 107
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]
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 remains only about 30 per 100 persons despite a rapidly increasing cellular subscribership 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) (2010)
state-run TV station; 3 private TV stations provide a mix of local and foreign programming; state-run radio has only radio station with a national reach; about 30 private radio stations operate locally; as many as 100 community radio stations broadcast; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2007)
454 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 185
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
115,900 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 155
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]