Benin: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 194,666 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 9.318 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 89 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: inadequate system of open-wire, microwave radio relay, and cellular connections; fixed-line network characterized by aging, deteriorating equipment domestic: fixed-line teledensity only about 2 per 100 persons; spurred by the presence of multiple mobile-cellular providers, cellular telephone subscribership has been increasing rapidly international: country code - 229; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; long distance fiber-optic links with Togo, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat-Atlantic Oc (2015) |
| Broadcast media | state-run Office de Radiodiffusion et de Television du Benin (ORTB) operates a TV station with multiple channels providing a wide broadcast reach; several privately owned TV stations broadcast from Cotonou; satellite TV subscription service is available; (2007) |
| Internet country code | .bj |
| Internet users | total: 709,000 percent of population: 6.8% (July 2015 est.) |