Benin Communications 2009, CIA World Factbook




Benin Communications 2009 http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/benin/benin_communications.html SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Telephones - main lines in use:
110,300 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.895 million (2007)

Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate; fixed-line network characterized by aging, deteriorating equipment with fixed-line teledensity stuck at 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscribership is increasing
domestic: system of open-wire, microwave radio relay, and cellular connections; multiple 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 stations - 7 (Intelsat-Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 34, shortwave 1 (2007)

Television - broadcast stations:
6 (2007)

Internet country code:
.bj

Internet hosts:
848 (2008)

Internet users:
150,000 (2007)

NOTE: The information regarding Benin on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Benin Communications 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Benin Communications 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.

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