Telecommunications in Mauritania

Telephones - main lines in use: 31,500 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 300,000 (2003)

Telephone system: general assessment: limited system of cable and open-wire lines, minor microwave radio relay links, and radiotelephone communications stations (improvements being made)
domestic: mostly cable and open-wire lines; a recently completed domestic satellite telecommunications system links Nouakchott with regional capitals
international: country code - 222; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 2 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 1 (2001)

Radios: 410,000 (2001)

Television broadcast stations: 1 (2002)

Televisions: 98,000 (2001)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 26 (2014)

Internet users: 10,000 (2002)

Country code (Top level domain): .mr

Broadband Internet access

Mauritania has three operators, the original monopoly, Mauritel (now owned by Vivendi's Maroc Telecom), Mattel (owned by Tunisie Telecom) and Chinguitel, which will start operations in December 2006.^[1]

The country only has around 1000 DSL subscribers, and 3000 internet subscribers in total, out of a population of 2.5 million. Monthly DSL charges were high, around US$95.69 per month, but have now dropped to MRO 10000 (around US$40) per month.

See also

• Media of Mauritania

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook. CIA.

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Economy of Mauritania

Currency: Mauritanian ouguiya

Banking

• Banking
• Banque Arabe Africaine en Mauritanie
• Banque Arabe Liyenne Mauritaienne pour le Commerce Extérieur
• Banque Internationale pour la Mauritanie
• Banque Maurienienne Nationale
• Banque Mauritanienne pour le Commerce International
• Banque Mauritanienne pour le Développement et le Commerce
• Banque Mondiale en Mauritanie
• Caisse Centrale de Coopération Économique
• Chinguitty Bank
• Générale de Banques de Mauritanie pour l'Investissement et le Commerce
• Union de Banques de Développement

Communications

• Communications
• History of Trade
• Transportation

Industries:

• Agriculture
• Tourism

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