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Introduction - Nigeria: | Location - Nigeria: | People - Nigeria: | Government - Nigeria: | Economy - Nigeria: | Communications - Nigeria: | Fiscal year | calendar year | | Telephones main lines in use | 1.688 million (2006) | | Telephones mobile cellular | 32.322 million (2006) | | Telephone system | general assessment: expansion and 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 of this service; wireless telephony has grown rapidly, in part responding to the shortcomings of the fixed-line network; 4 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) (2001) | | Internet country code | .ng | | Internet hosts | 1,549 (2006) | | Internet users | 8 million (2006) | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |