Nigeria Communications - 2004

Telephones - main lines in use:
702,000 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,607,900 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: 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: country code - 234; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); fiber optic submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC) provides connectivity to Europe and Asia

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15 repeater stations) (2002)

Internet country code:
.ng

Internet hosts:
1,030 (2002)