Mauritania Communications 2008

Telephones - main lines in use:
34,900 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.06 million (2006)

Telephone system:
general assessment: limited system of cable and open-wire lines, minor microwave radio relay links, and radiotelephone communications stations; mobile-cellular services expanding rapidly
domestic: Mauritel, the national telecommunications company, was privatized in 2001 but remains the monopoly provider of fixed-line services; fixed-line teledensity 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular network coverage extends mainly to urban areas with a teledensity approaching 35 per 100 persons; mostly cable and open-wire lines; a domestic satellite telecommunications system links Nouakchott with regional capitals
international: country code - 222; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 2 Arabsat

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

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2002)

Internet country code:
.mr

Internet hosts:
14 (2007)