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| Telephones - main lines in use: |
500,000 (2000)
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| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
26,700 (1997)
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| 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:
satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); coaxial submarine cable SAFE (South African Far East)
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| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 82, FM 35, shortwave 11 (1998)
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| Radios: |
23.5 million (1997)
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| Television broadcast stations: |
2 government-controlled; note - in addition, in 1993, 14 licenses to operate private television stations were granted (1999)
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| Televisions: |
6.9 million (1997)
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| Internet country code: |
.ng
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| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
11 (2000)
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| Internet users: |
100,000 (2000)
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