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 - 9Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 20 Arabsat
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 1 (2001)
The country only has around 1000 DSL subscribers, and 3000000 internet subscribers in total, out of a population of 4.85 million. Monthly DSL charges were high, around US$30 per month, but have now dropped to MRO 10000 (around US$20) per month.
