Editing Telecommunications in Nigeria (section)

=== Statistical data ===
'''[[Calling code]]:''' +234<ref name="CIAWFB-Nigeria-2014" />

'''[[International call prefix]]:''' 009<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>

'''Connected lines:'''
* 348,933 fixed wired/wireless lines (July 2016).<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ncc.gov.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=125:art-statistics-subscriber-data&catid=65:cat-web-statistics&Itemid=73 |title=Monthly Subscriber Data |publisher=Nigerian Communications Commission |access-date=11 September 2016}}</ref>
* 222,440,207 mobile cellular ([[GSM]]) lines (July 2016).<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
* 3,611,926 mobile ([[CDMA]]) lines (July 2016).<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
* '''226,426,215 total connected lines'''

'''Active lines:'''
* 164,114 fixed wired/wireless lines (July 2016).<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
* 149,708,077 Mobile cellular (GSM) lines (July 2016).<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
* 371,613 mobile (CDMA) lines (July 2016).<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
* '''150,262,066 total active lines'''

'''Installed capacity:'''
* 11,384,677 fixed wired/wireless lines (June 2013).<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
* 204,242,114 mobile (GSM) lines (June 2013).<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
* 18,400,000 mobile (CDMA) lines (June 2013).<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
* '''234,026,791''' total lines

'''Teledensity:''' 
* ~86 combined fixed and mobile lines per 100 persons (June 2013).<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
* ~1 fixed line per 100 persons (2010).<ref name=CIAWFB-Nigeria-2014/>
* ~60 mobile lines per 100 persons (2010).<ref name=CIAWFB-Nigeria-2014/>

'''[[Communications satellite|Satellite earth stations]]:''' 3 [[Intelsat]] (2 [[Atlantic Ocean]] and 1 [[Indian Ocean]]) (2010);<ref name="CIAWFB-Nigeria-2014" />

'''[[List of international submarine communications cables|Submarine cables]]:''' 
* [[SAT-3/WASC (cable system)|SAT-3/WASC]]/[[SAFE (cable system)|SAFE]] links countries along the west coast of Africa to each other and on to [[Europe]] and [[Asia]],<ref name=CIAWFB-Nigeria-2014/><ref name=GregsCableMap/>
* [[ACE (cable system)|ACE]] links countries along the west coast of Africa to each other and on to [[France]],<ref name=GregsCableMap>[http://www.cablemap.info/ "Greg's Cable Map"], Greg Mahlknecht, 19 December 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2014.</ref>
* [[GLO-1 (cable system)|GLO-1]] links countries along the west coast of Africa to each other and on to the [[United Kingdom]],<ref name=GregsCableMap/> 
* [[Main One (cable system)|Main One]] links countries along the west coast of Africa to each other and on to [[Portugal]].<ref name=GregsCableMap/>