Telephones - main lines in use:
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853,100 (2003) |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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3,149,500 (2003) |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: an inadequate system, further limited by poor maintenance; major expansion is required and a start has been made
domestic: intercity traffic is carried by coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, a domestic communications satellite system with 19 earth stations, and a coastal submarine cable; mobile cellular facilities and the Internet are available 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:
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AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001) |
Radios:
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23.5 million (1997) |
Television broadcast stations:
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3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15 repeater stations) (2002) |
Televisions:
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6.9 million (1997) |
Internet country code:
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.ng |
Internet hosts:
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1,142 (2004) |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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11 (2000) |
Internet users:
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750,000 (2003) |
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