Benin Communications 2008

Telephones - main lines in use:
76,300 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
750,000 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate; fixed-line network is almost saturated with fixed-line teledensity stuck at a meager 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone density of roughly 10 per 100 persons
domestic: fair system of open-wire, microwave radio relay, and cellular connections; four mobile-cellular providers
international: country code - 229; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth station - 7 (Intelsat-Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 4 (2000)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2001)

Internet country code:
.bj

Internet hosts:
798 (2007)