Burkina Faso Communications 2008

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

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.017 million (2006)

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 and stands at about 7 per 100 persons
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 3, FM 17, shortwave 3 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2002)

Internet country code:
.bf

Internet hosts:
193 (2007)