| People | Nigeria |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.688 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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13 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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32.322 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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234 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: further expansion and modernization of the fixed-line telephone network is needed
domestic: the addition of a second fixed-line provider in 2002 resulted in faster growth of this service with fixed-line subscribership nearly tripling over the past five years; wireless telephony has grown rapidly, in part responding to the shortcomings of the fixed-line network; multiple service providers operate nationally; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity reached 25 per 100 persons in 2006
international: country code - 234; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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1,666,064 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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3,841,202 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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12,571,204 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15 repeater stations) (2001) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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46,094,414 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.ng |
Internet hosts:
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1,968 (2007) |
Internet users:
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8 million (2006) |
Internet users - density:
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58 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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