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Communications in Burkina Faso

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Telephones - main lines in use: 94,800 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 1.611 million (2007)

Telephone system: general assessment: services only fair; in 2006 the government sold a 51 percent stake in the national telephone company and ultimately plans to retain only a 23 percent stake in the company; fixed-line connections stand at less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage, fostered by multiple providers, is increasing rapidly from a low base domestic: microwave radio relay, open-wire, and radiotelephone communication stations international: country code - 226; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 26, shortwave 3 (2007)

Television broadcast stations: 3 (1 national, 2 private)

Internet country code: .bf

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 80,000 (2006)