Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Nigeria
Telephones - main lines in use:
1,223,300 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
21,571,131 (2006)
Telephone system:
general assessment: expansion and modernization of the fixed-line
telephone network has been slow due to faltering efforts at
privatization
domestic: the addition of a second fixed-line provider in 2002
resulted in faster growth in this service; wireless telephony has
grown rapidly, in part responding to the shortcomings of the
fixed-line network; four wireless (GSM) service providers operate
nationally; the combined growth resulted in a sharp increase in
teledensity reported to be over 18% in March 2006
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)
Radios:
23.5 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15 repeater stations) (2002)
Televisions:
6.9 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.ng