Communications in Nigeria (original) (raw)

**Telephones - main lines in use:**405,000 (1995)

**Telephones - mobile cellular:**10,000 (1999)

**Telephone system:**an inadequate system, further limited by poor maintenance; major expansion is required and a start has been made
_domestic:_intercity traffic is carried by coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, a domestic communications satellite system with 19 earth stations, and a coastal submarine cable; mobile cellular facilities and the Internet are available
_international:_satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); coaxial submarine cable SAFE (South African Far East)

**Radio broadcast stations:**AM 82, FM 35, shortwave 11 (1998)

**Radios:**23.5 million (1997)

**Television broadcast stations:**2 government-controlled; note - in addition, in 1993, 14 licenses to operate private television stations were granted (1999)

**Televisions:**6.9 million (1997)

**Internet Service Providers (ISPs):**5 (1999)

Country code (Top level domain): NG

See also : Nigeria