Communications in Mauritania
Telephones - main lines in use:
9,000 (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
0 (1995)
Telephone system:
poor system of cable and open-wire lines, minor microwave radio[?] relay links, and radiotelephone communications stations (improvements being made)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
360,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (1997)
Televisions:
62,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
NA
Country code (Top level domain): MR
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[?]