Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 180,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10% (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 130

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 139 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 78 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 9

Telephone system:
general assessment: further expansion and modernization of the fixed-line telephone network is needed; network quality remains a problem
domestic: the addition of a second fixed-line provider in 2002 resulted in faster growth, but subscribership remains only about 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular services growing rapidly, in part responding to the shortcomings of the fixed-line network; multiple cellular providers operate nationally with subscribership base approaching 60 per 100 persons
international: country code - 234; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2010)

Broadcast media:
nearly 70 federal government-controlled national and regional TV stations; all 36 states operate TV stations; several private TV stations operational; cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; network of federal government-controlled national, regional, and state radio stations; roughly 40 state government-owned radio stations typically carry their own programs except for news broadcasts; about 20 private radio stations; transmissions of international broadcasters are available (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001)

Television - broadcast stations:
3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15 repeater stations) (2001)

Internet country code:
.ng

Internet hosts:
1,234 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 169
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 97 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 53.4% (2015 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 9