Telephones - main lines in use:
31,500 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
247,200 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: limited system of cable and open-wire lines, minor microwave radio relay links, and radiotelephone communications stations (improvements being made)
domestic: mostly cable and open-wire lines; a recently completed domestic satellite telecommunications system links Nouakchott with regional capitals
international: country code - 222; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 2 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 1 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2002)

Internet country code:
.mr

Internet hosts:
79 (2002)