Niger

Telephones - main lines in use:
24,000 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
900,000 (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate; small system of wire, radio telephone communications, and microwave radio relay links concentrated in the southwestern area of Niger
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity only about 7 per 100 persons; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations and 1 planned
international: country code - 227; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 4 (2001)
Television broadcast stations:
5 (2007)
Internet country code:
.ne
Internet hosts:
216 (2008)
Internet users:
40,000 (2006)