Short facts about communications in Mauritania

Telephones - main lines in use:

26,000 (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

NA

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:  satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 2 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

360,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (1997)

Televisions:

87,000 (1998)

Internet country code:

.mr

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

5 (2000)

Internet users:

3,500 (2000)

Source: World Factbook