Niger:
Communications & Transportation

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Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.


Telephones - main lines in use	Definition - World rank and map 24,000 (2005)
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people	Definition - World rank and map 1.8 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular	Definition - World rank and map 900,000 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people	Definition - World rank and map 67.8 (2007)
Telephone system	Definition general assessment: inadequate; small system of wire, radio telephone communications, and microwave radio relay links concentrated in the southwestern area of Niger domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is less than 3 per 100 persons; 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)
Radio broadcast stations	Definition AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 4 (2001)
Television broadcast stations	Definition 5 (2007)
Internet country code	Definition .ne
Internet hosts	Definition - World rank and map 200 (2007)
Internet hosts per 1,000 people	Definition - World rank and map nearly 0 (2007)
Internet users	Definition - World rank and map 40,000 (2006)
Internet users per 1,000 people	Definition - World rank and map 3 (2006)

Airports	Definition - World rank and map 28 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	Definition total: 9 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 under 914 m: 1 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways	Definition total: 19 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 3 (2007)
Roadways	Definition - World rank and map total: 18,423 km paved: 3,797 km unpaved: 14,626 km (2005)
Waterways	Definition 300 km (the Niger, the only major river, is navigable to Gaya between September and March) (2005)

Niger: Communications & Transportation

Niger:
Communications & Transportation