Editing Telecommunications in Togo (section)

==Telephone==
{{See also |Telephone numbers in Togo}}

'''[[Calling code]]:''' +228<ref name=CIAWFB-Togo-2012/>

'''[[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:'''
* 225,000 lines in use, 127th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-Togo-2014>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/togo/ "Communications: Togo"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 28 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.</ref>
* 213,800 lines in use, 126th in the world (2010).<ref name=CIAWFB-Togo-2012>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/togo/ "Communications: Togo"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (via the Internet Archive), 1 May 2012.</ref>

'''Mobile cellular:'''
* 3.5 million lines, 124th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-Togo-2014/>
* 2.5 million lines, 129th in the world (2010).<ref name=CIAWFB-Togo-2012/>

'''Telephone system:''' fair system based on network of [[microwave radio relay]] routes supplemented by open-wire lines and cellular system; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 50 telephones per 100 persons with mobile-cellular use predominating (2010).<ref name=CIAWFB-Togo-2012/>

'''[[Communications satellite|Satellite earth stations]]:''' 1 [[Intelsat]] ([[Atlantic Ocean]]) and 1 [[Symphonie (satellite)]] (2010).<ref name=CIAWFB-Togo-2012/>

'''[[List of international submarine communications cables|Communications cables]]:''' [[WACS (cable system)|West Africa Cable System]] (WACS), a submarine cable linking countries along the west coast of Africa with each other and with [[Portugal]] and the [[United Kingdom]];<ref>[http://wacscable.com/index.jsp "WACS: West Africa Cable System"], Tata Communications. Retrieved 9 February 2014.</ref> [[GLO-1 (cable system)|GLO-1]] which links countries along the west coast of Africa to each other and to [[Portugal]], [[Spain]], and the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>[http://www.itwebafrica.com/mobile/319-nigeria/232270-glo-mobile-to-expand-west-africa-fibre-network "Glo Mobile to expand West Africa fibre network"], IT Web Africa, 20 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.</ref>