Telephones - main lines in use:
31,500 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
300,000 (2003)
Telephone system:
''general assessment:''
limited system of cable and open-wire lines, minor microwave radio relay links, and radiotelephone communications stations (improvements being made)
''domestic:''
mostly cable and open-wire lines; a recently completed domestic satellite telecommunications system links
Nouakchott with regional capitals
''international:''
country code - 222; satellite earth stations - 1
Intelsat
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(Atlantic Ocean) and 2
Arabsat
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Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 1 (2001)
Radios:
410,000 (2001)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (2002)
Televisions:
98,000 (2001)
Internet Service Provider
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s (ISPs):
26 (2014)
Internet users:
10,000 (2002)
Country code
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes (geocodes) developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The term ...
(Top level domain):
.mr
.mr is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Mauritania
Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the ...
Broadband Internet access
Mauritania has three operators, the original monopoly,
Mauritel (now owned by
Vivendi's Maroc Telecom),
Mattel
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(owned by
Tunisie Telecom) and
Chinguitel, which will start operations in December 2006.
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The country only has around 1000 DSL subscribers, and 3000 internet subscribers in total, out of a population of 2.5 million. Monthly DSL charges were high, around US$95.69 per month, but have now dropped to MRO 10000 (around US$40) per month.
See also
* Media of Mauritania
References
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