Editing Telecommunications in Gabon (section)

==Telephones==
{{See also |Telephone numbers in Gabon}}
'''[[Calling code]]:'''  +241<ref name=CIAWFB-Gabon-2014/>

'''[[List of international call prefixes|International call prefix]]:''' 00<ref>[http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164C-2011-PDF-E.pdf ''Dialing Procedures (International Prefix, National (Trunk) Prefix and National (Significant) Number) (in Accordance with ITY-T Recommendation E.164 (11/2010))''], Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin No. 994-15.XII.2011, International Telecommunication Union (ITU, Geneva), 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.</ref>

'''Main lines:'''
* 17,000 lines in use, 194th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-Gabon-2014/>
* 26,500 lines in use, 182nd in the world (2007);<ref name=CIAWFB-Gabon-2008/> 
* 39,100 lines in use, 169th in the world (2005).<ref name=CIAWFB-Gabon-2007>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/gabon/ "Communications: Gabon"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 19 June 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2014 via the Internet Archive.</ref>

'''Mobile cellular:'''
* 2.9 million lines, 133rd in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-Gabon-2014/> 
* 1.2 million lines, 129th in the world (2007);<ref name=CIAWFB-Gabon-2008/>
* 649,800 lines, 125th in the world (2005).<ref name=CIAWFB-Gabon-2007/>

'''Telephone system:''' adequate system of [[Electrical cable|cable]], [[microwave radio relay]], [[tropospheric scatter]], [[radiotelephone]] communication stations, and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations; a growing mobile-cellular network with multiple providers is making telephone service more widely available with mobile-cellular teledensity exceeding 100 per 100 persons.<ref name=CIAWFB-Gabon-2014/>

'''[[Communications satellite|Satellite earth stations]]:''' 3 [[Intelsat]] ([[Atlantic Ocean]]) (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-Gabon-2014/>

'''[[List of international submarine communications cables|Communications cables]]:''' [[SAT-3/WASC|South Atlantic 3/West Africa Submarine Cable]] (SAT-3/WASC) fiber-optic cable system provides connectivity to Europe and Asia;<ref name=CIAWFB-Gabon-2014/> [[ACE (cable system)|Africa Coast to Europe]] (ACE), cable system connecting countries along the west coast of Africa to each other and to [[Portugal]] and [[France]].<ref>[http://www.ace-submarinecable.com/ace/default/EN/all/ace_en/ "ACE: Africa Coast to Europe"], Orange SA. Retrieved 8 February 2014.</ref>