Telecommunications in Niger
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[edit] Telephone
Telephones - main lines in use: 24,000 (2005)[1]
Telephones - mobile cellular: 900,000 (2007) Telephone system: small system of wire, radiotelephone communications, and microwave radio relay links concentrated in southwestern area
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity only about 7 per 100 persons; The United Nations estimates placed telephone subscribers at .2 per hundred in 2000, rising to 2.5 per hundred in 2006.[2]
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)[1]
[edit] Radio
Radio broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 4 (2001) [1]
Radios: 680,000 (1997),[1] 500,000 (1992)[3]
[edit] Television
Television broadcast stations: 5 (2007)
Televisions: 125,000 (1997),[1] 37,000 (1992)[3]
[edit] Internet
There are an estimated 40,000 internet users in Niger (2006), and 216 (1999) Internet service hosts: ISPs and other direct connections to the internet. The Top level domain is .ne, and its assignment is controlled by the parastatal telecom company, SONITEL. [1] The UN estimated in 2006 that there were only .3 internet users per 100 Nigeriens, but this had risen from less than .1 per 100 in 2000.[2] As a point of reference, the Millennium Development Goal for least developed countries by 2015 is 8.16 Internet users per 100 population.[4]
[edit] See also
- Economy of Niger
- Media of Niger
- SONITEL: state owned telecommunications company.
- Office of Radio and Television of Niger: State broadcast authority.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f CIA Factbook:Niger, Communications. updated 10 February 2009, retrieved 18 February 2009.
- ^ a b Profile. World Statistics Pocketbook, United Nations Statistics Division, (2007).
- ^ a b Decalo, Samuel (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Niger (3rd ed.). Boston & Folkestone: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810831368.:231
- ^ United Nations MDC statistical website, retrieved 2009-02-18
- CIA Factbook:Niger, Communications. updated 10 February 2009, retrieved 18 February 2009.
- Transports et télécoms (Statistical series). Institut National de la Statistique, Niger. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- Le paysage médiatique nigérien. Djilali Benamrane, Afrik.com. 6 March 2002.
- NIGER: Report on 2 years mission Télécoms Sans Frontières, 12 July 2007.
- Jenny C. Aker. Does Digital Divide or Provide? The Impact of Cell Phones on Grain Markets in Niger. Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 154 (October 2008).
- NICI development process, Niger. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), 2006. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- Niger Information and Communications Technology Assessment. Yaovi Atohoun, Eileen Reynolds, Karl Stanzick]. United States Education for Development and Democracy Initiative (March 2001)
- Niger country profile. Balancing Act Magazine (London). October 23 2007 update. Accessed 2009-06-04.
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