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Burkina Faso

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NICI Indicators 1995 - 2001
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  1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Telephone lines

30,043

34,055

36,258

41,200 47,300 53,800  
Teledensity

0.29

0.32

0.33

0.36 0.41 0.45  
Digital main lines (%)

85.07

86.25

86.61

89.5 91.8 91.8  
Waiting list for main lines              
Public telephones

269

319

  890 1,040 1,040  
Public telephones per 1,000 inhab.

0.025

0.03

  0.08 0.09 0.09  
Mobile subscribers  

525

1,503

2,700

5,000

25,000  
Mobile subscribers per 100 inhab.  

0.005

0.01

0.02

0.04

0.21  
Mobile subscribers as a % of telephone subscribers      

6.5

9.6

31.7  
Telecommunications revenue (M US$)

37

42

41

52

53.8 51.5  
Telecommunications investment (M US$)

12

21

 

15.3

15.7 15.7  
Investment as a % of revenue 32.4 50  

29.5

29.1 29.1  
Telecom equipment exports  (M US$)              
Telecom equipment imports (M US$)              
Telecentres              
Facsimiles              
Computer(s) per 100 inhab.      

0.07

0.10

0.13

 
Radios per 100 inhab.

2.8

           
TVs per 100 inhab.

0.57

0.61

 

0.6

1.1 1.1  
Cable TV subscribers              
Home satellite dishes/antennas              
Internet host sites  

1

45

93

206

380

 
Internet service providers (ISPs)      

2

2

   
Internet subscribers      

700

2,500

   
Internet subscribers per 10,000 inhab.      

0.61

2.19

   
Internet users         4,000 10,000  
Internet users per 10,000 inhab.         3.44 8.38  
Internet bandwidth (Kbps)      

256

256

   

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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