| Communications | Nigeria |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.58 million (2007) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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11 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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40.395 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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271 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 but subscribership remains only about 1 per 100 persons; wireless telephony has grown rapidly, in part responding to the shortcomings of the fixed-line network; multiple service providers operate nationally; mobile-cellular teledensity reached 30 per 100 persons in 2007
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) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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1,797,941 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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4,145,253 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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13,566,281 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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49,743,030 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.ng |
Internet hosts:
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1,048 (2008) |
Internet users:
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10 million (2007) |
Internet users - density:
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68 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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