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NICI Indicators 1995 - 2001
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1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000 2001
Telephone lines

79,786

76,769

77,935

77,700

83,100
Teledensity

0.88

0.84

0.86

  0.89

0.93
Digital main lines (%)

62.00

70.94

70.86

73.10

 
Waiting list for main lines

71,968

33,362

24,743

8,000

 
Public telephones

548

546

513

550

 
Public telephones per 1,000 inhab.

0.07

0.06

 0.06

  0.06

 
Mobile subscribers     

1,547

2,721

5,200

28,200
Mobile subscribers per 100 inhab.     

0.02

0.03

0.06

0.31
Mobile susbcribers as a % of telephone susbcribers   2.01 3.50 6.70 25.3
Telecommunications revenue (M US$) 92 101 109

102.0

 
Telecommunications investment (M US$) 19 11 11

10.8

 
Investment as a % of revenue 20.65 10.90 10.10

10.60

 
Telecom equipment exports (M US$)          
Telecom equipments imports (M US$)          
Telecentres          
Facsimiles

600

700

 

1,000

 
Computer(s) per 100 inhab.         0.72
Radios per 100 inhab.

9.9

  

  15.70

   
TVs per 100 inhab.

3.92

6.40

8.46

13.7

 
Cable TV subscribers          
Home satellite dishes/antennas          
Internet host sites

  69

69

73

236

478

Internet service providers (ISPs)      

2

2

Internet susbcribers    

 

3,000

3,000

Internet subscribers  per 10,000 inhab.    

 

4.02

4.02

Internet users         15,000
Internet users per 10,000 inhabitants         16.71
Internet bandwidth (Kbps)      

256

256

Source: ITU (International Telecommunication Union),  NW (Network Wizards) Internet Host Surveys, UNDP human development report 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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