Telephones - main lines in use: 24,000 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 900,000 (2007)
Telephone system: 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 only about 7 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: AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 4 (2001)
Television broadcast stations: 5 (2007)
Internet country code: .ne
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
Internet users: 40,000 (2006)