!!!Benin: Communication
||Telephones - fixed lines|''total subscriptions'': 194,666 \\ ''subscriptions per 100 inhabitants'': 2 (July 2015 est.) \\ 
||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.) \\