Editing Telecommunications in Niger (section)

==Telephones==
{{See also |Telephone numbers in Niger}}

'''[[Calling code]]''': +227<ref name=CIAWFB-Niger-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:'''
* 100,500 lines in use, 145th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-Niger-2014/>
* &nbsp;&nbsp;24,000 lines in use, 186th in the world (2005).<ref name=cia2009>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/niger/ "Communications: Niger"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 10 February 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2009.</ref>

'''Mobile cellular:'''
* 5.4 million lines, 107th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-Niger-2014/>
* 900,000 lines, 139th in the world (2007).<ref name=cia2009/>

'''Telephone system:'''
inadequate; small system of wire, [[radio telephone]] communications, and [[microwave radio relay]] links concentrated in the southwestern area of Niger; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations and 1 planned; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity remains only about 30 per 100 persons despite a rapidly increasing cellular subscribership base (2010); United Nations estimates placed telephone subscribers at 0.2 per hundred in 2000, rising to 2.5 per hundred in 2006.<ref name=unpocket2007>[http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crname=Niger Niger country profile]. World Statistics Pocketbook, United Nations Statistics Division, 2007.</ref>

'''[[Communications satellite|Satellite earth stations]]:''' 2 [[Intelsat]] (1 [[Atlantic Ocean]] and 1 [[Indian Ocean]]) (2010).<ref name=CIAWFB-Niger-2014/>

'''[[List of international submarine communications cables|Communications cables]]:''' [[ACE (cable system)|Africa Coast to Europe]] (ACE) via land links between Niger and the Atlantic coast.<ref>[http://www.ace-submarinecable.com/ace/default/EN/all/ace_en/the_project.htm "Overview"], ACE: Africa Coast to Europe, Orange SA. Retrieved 9 February 2014.</ref>