Senegal

Telephones - main lines in use:
269,100 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
4.123 million (2007)
Telephone system:
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:
AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2001)
Television broadcast stations:
4 (2007)
Internet country code:
.sn
Internet hosts:
217 (2008)
Internet users:
820,000 (2007)