Nigeria

Communication

• Telephones - main lines in use: 1,395,786 (2006)
   
• Telephones - mobile cellular: 21,571,131 (2006)
   
• Telephone system:
  
    general assessment: expansion &
    modernization of the fixed-line telephone
    network has been slow due to faltering efforts
    at privatization domestic: the addition of a
    second fixed-line provider in 2002 resulted in
    faster growth in this service; wireless telephony
    has grown rapidly, in part responding to the
    shortcomings of the fixed-line network; four
    wireless (GSM) service providers operate
    nationally; the combined growth resulted in a
    sharp increase in teledensity reported to be
    over 18% in March 2006.
  
    international: country code - 234; satellite earth
    stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian
    Ocean); fiber optic submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC)
    provides connectivity to Europe and Asia.
  
  
• Radio broadcast stations:  AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001)



• Television broadcast stations:  3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15 repeater stations) (2002)



• Internet country code: .ng
  Internet hosts:  1,535 (2005)
  Internet users:  1,769,700 (2005)