Short facts about communications in Senegal

Telephones - main lines in use:

116,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1,149 (1996)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  good system domestic:  above-average urban system; microwave radio relay, coaxial cable and fiber-optic cable in trunk system international:  4 submarine cables; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 10, FM 14, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

1.24 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (1997)

Televisions:

361,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.sn

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

30,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook