Telephones - main lines in use:
1,223,300 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
21,571,131 (2006)

Telephone system:
general assessment: expansion and modernization of the fixed-line
telephone network has been slow due to faltering efforts at
privatization
domestic: the addition of a second fixed-line provider in 2002
resulted in faster growth in this service; wireless telephony has
grown rapidly, in part responding to the shortcomings of the
fixed-line network; four wireless (GSM) service providers operate
nationally; the combined growth resulted in a sharp increase in
teledensity reported to be over 18% in March 2006
international: country code - 234; satellite earth stations - 3
Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); fiber optic
submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC) provides connectivity to Europe and Asia

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001)

Radios:
23.5 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15
repeater stations) (2002)

Televisions:
6.9 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.ng

Internet hosts:
1,549 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
11 (2000)

Internet users:
5 million (2005)

Transportation Nigeria

Airports:
69 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 36
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 2 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 33
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 18 (2006)

Heliports:
1 (2006)

Pipelines:
condensate 126 km; gas 2,812 km; liquid petroleum gas 125 km; oil
4,278 km; refined products 3,517 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 3,505 km
narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 194,394 km
paved: 60,068 km
unpaved: 134,326 km (1999)

Waterways:
8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks)
(2005)

Merchant marine:
total: 52 ships (1000 GRT or over) 277,709 GRT/475,414 DWT
by type: cargo 6, chemical tanker 5, combination ore/oil 1,
liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 36, specialized
tanker 2
foreign-owned: 4 (Norway 1, Pakistan 1, Singapore 1, Spain 1)
registered in other countries: 28 (Bahamas 2, Bermuda 11, Cambodia
2, Comoros 2, Panama 7, Poland 1, Seychelles 1, unknown 2) (2006)

Ports and terminals: