| People | Burkina Faso |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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94,800 (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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7 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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1.017 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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67 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: services only fair; in 2006 the government sold a 51 percent stake in the national telephone company and ultimately plans to retain only a 23 percent stake in the company; fixed-line connections stand at less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage, fostered by multiple providers, is increasing rapidly from a low base
domestic: microwave radio relay, open-wire, and radiotelephone communication stations
international: country code - 226; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 2, FM 26, shortwave 3 |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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7,632,368 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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587,106 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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5,088,245 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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3 (1 national, 2 private) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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5,088,245 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.bf |
Internet hosts:
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193 (2007) |
Internet users:
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80,000 (2006) |
Internet users - density:
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6 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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