Mauritania Communications - 2006

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SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Telephones - main lines in use:
39,000 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
522,400 (2004)

Telephone system:
general assessment: limited system of cable and open-wire lines, minor microwave radio relay links, and radiotelephone communications stations (improvements being made)
domestic: mostly cable and open-wire lines; a recently completed domestic satellite telecommunications system links Nouakchott with regional capitals
international: country code - 222; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 2 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 1 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2002)

Internet country code:
.mr

Internet hosts:
21 (2005)

Internet users:
14,000 (2005)

NOTE: The information regarding Mauritania on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritania Communications 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritania Communications 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.