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The Gambia

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NICI Indicators 1995 - 2001diffpole.gif (7867 bytes)

 

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000 2001
Telephone lines

18,306

19,202

21,319

25,600

29,200    
Teledensity

1.69

1.73

1.87

2.15

2.30    
Digital main lines (%)

100

100

100

100

100    
Waiting list for main lines

19,535

19,188

19,926

24,000

16,900    
Public telephones

204

231

232

270

680    
Public telephones per 1,000 inhab.

  0.19

0.21

0.21

0.23

0.53    
Mobile subscribers

812

1,442

3,096

5,000 5,300    
Mobile subscribers per 100 inhab.

0.08

0.13

0.27

0.42 0.42    
Mobile subscribers as a % of telephone subscribers 4.50 7.50 14.50 19.50 15.4    
Telecommunications revenue (M US$) 19 19 18 17.4 26.3    
Telecommunications investment (M US$) 3 7 9 5.6 12.4    
Investment as a % of revenue 15.80 36.90 50.00 32.20 47.1    
Telecom equipment exports (M US$)              
Telecom equipment imports (M US$)         6.4    
Telecentres              
Facsimiles

 

1,100

 

1,100

     
Computer(s) per 100 inhab.  

 

 

0.26

0.79    
Radios per 100 inhab.

16.4

           
TVs per 100 inhab.

 

 

 

0.40

0.3    
Cable TV subscribers              
Home satellite dishes/antennas              
Internet host sites

 

 

 

0

3

   
Internet service providers (ISPs)      

3

3

   
Internet susbcribers    

 

150

150

   
Internet susbcribers per 10,000 inhab.    

 

1.26

1.26

   
Internet users         4,000    
Internet users per 10,000 inhabitants         31.55    
Internet bandwidth (Kbps)      

512

512

   

Source: ITU (International Telecommunication Union), NW (Network Wizards) Internet Host Surveys and partially adapted from Mike Jensen's Overview of Africa Internet Status [www3.sn.apc.org/africa/afstat.htm].

Note: Blank spaces indicate unavailable information.

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