Benin



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Benin Communications 2007

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)
Internet users: 700,000 (2006)

NOTE: The communications information regarding Benin on this page is re-published from the 2007 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Benin Communications 2007 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Benin Communications 2007 should be addressed to the CIA.