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Telephones - main lines in use:
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500,000 (2000 est.)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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200,000 (2001)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: an inadequate system, further limited by poor maintenance; major expansion is required and a start has been made
domestic: intercity traffic is carried by coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, a domestic communications satellite system with 19 earth stations, and a coastal submarine cable; mobile cellular facilities and the Internet are available
international: satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); coaxial submarine cable SAFE (South African Far East)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001)
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Radios:
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23.5 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15 repeater stations) (2002)
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Televisions:
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6.9 million (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.ng
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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11 (2000)
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Internet users:
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100,000 (2000)
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