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Tabular Data - Communications in Nigeria
| Telephones - Main Lines In Use : |
853,100 (2003) |
| Telephones - Cellular : |
3,149,500 (2003) |
| Telephone System : |
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 Stations : |
AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001) |
| Radios : |
23,500,000 (1997) |
| Television Stations : |
3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15 repeater stations) (2002) |
| Televisions : |
6.9 million (1997) |
| Internet Country Code : |
.ng |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : |
11 (2000) |
| Internet Users : |
750,000 (2003) |
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