| Communications | Senegal |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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269,100 (2007) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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20 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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4.123 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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301 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: good system
domestic: above-average urban system with a fiber-optic network; nearly two-thirds of all fixed-line connections are in Dakar where a call-center industry is emerging; expansion of fixed-line services in rural areas needed; mobile-cellular service is expanding rapidly; microwave radio relay, coaxial cable and fiber-optic cable in trunk system
international: country code - 221; the SAT-3/WASC fiber optic cable provides connectivity to Europe and Asia while Atlantis-2 provides connectivity to South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2001) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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1,713,950 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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685,580 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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13,711,597 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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4 (2007) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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3,427,900 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.sn |
Internet hosts:
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217 (2008) |
Internet users:
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820,000 (2007) |
Internet users - density:
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60 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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