general
assessment: small system of wire, radio telephone
communications, and microwave radio relay links concentrated in
the southwestern area of Niger domestic: wire, radiotelephone communications, and
microwave radio relay; domestic satellite system with 3 earth
stations and 1 planned international: country code - 227; satellite earth
stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 5, FM 6,
shortwave 4 (2001)
Radios:
680,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
3 (plus seven
low-power repeaters) (2002)
Televisions:
125,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.ne
Internet hosts:
134 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2002)
Internet users:
15,000 (2002)
Transportation
Niger
Highways:
total:
10,100 km paved: 798 km unpaved: 9,302 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:
300 km note: Niger River is navigable to Gaya between September
and March (2004)
Ports and harbors:
none
Airports:
27 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 18
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)