|
Average cost of local call
|
0.11 |
|
[32nd of 151]
|
|
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports
|
46.99 %
|
|
[24th of 153]
|
|
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports
|
25.63 %
|
|
[82nd of 155]
|
|
DVD region
|
5 |
|
[25th of 171]
|
|
E-Government rating
|
47 |
|
[47th of 182]
|
|
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people
|
171.27 per 1,000 people
|
|
[108th of 193]
|
|
HAM radio prefixes
|
6VA - 6WZ |
|
|
|
Households with television > %
|
28.52 %
|
|
[102nd of 160]
|
|
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$
|
777,800,000 $
|
|
[70th of 74]
|
|
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per $ GDP)
|
0.083 $
per $1 of GDP |
|
[12th of 74]
|
|
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per capita)
|
58.766 $
per capita |
|
[63rd of 74]
|
|
International dialling code
|
221 |
|
|
|
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes
|
624,000,000 min.
|
|
[31st of 164]
|
|
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes (per capita)
|
54.805 min.
per capita |
|
[37th of 185]
|
|
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$
|
13,000,000 $
|
|
[90th of 101]
|
|
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per $ GDP)
|
1.705 $
per $1,000 of GDP |
|
[94th of 130]
|
|
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per capita)
|
1.142 $
per capita |
|
[92nd of 132]
|
|
Mobile phone subscribers
|
1,730,106
|
|
[83rd of 198]
|
|
Mobile phone subscribers (per capita)
|
148.403
per 1 million people |
|
[113rd of 201]
|
|
Newspapers
|
5 |
|
[51st of 67]
|
|
Newspapers (per capita)
|
0.427131 per 1 million people |
|
[60th of 67]
|
|
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily
|
5 |
|
[78th of 106]
|
|
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily (per capita)
|
0.508 per million people |
|
[84th of 104]
|
|
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily
|
139 |
|
[19th of 69]
|
|
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily (per capita)
|
14.482 per million people |
|
[25th of 68]
|
|
Number of PCs
|
242 |
|
[88th of 169]
|
|
Number of PCs (per $ GDP)
|
0.132 per $10 million of GDP |
|
[53rd of 144]
|
|
Number of PCs (per capita)
|
0.207 per 10,000 people |
|
[119th of 169]
|
|
Personal computers
|
250,000
|
|
[36th of 164]
|
|
Personal computers (per capita)
|
21.444
per 1 million people |
|
[45th of 171]
|
|
Phone subscribers
|
55.78 |
|
[134th of 178]
|
|
Population covered by mobile telephony > %
|
85 %
|
|
[83rd of 108]
|
|
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month
|
9.63 $/month
|
|
[105th of 185]
|
|
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month
|
15.39 $/month
|
|
[47th of 151]
|
|
Radio broadcast stations
|
AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 |
|
|
|
Radio receivers
|
1,240,000 |
|
[100th of 188]
|
|
Radio receivers (per capita)
|
0.129 per capita |
|
[146th of 182]
|
|
Radios
|
1,240,000 |
|
[100th of 221]
|
|
Radios (per capita)
|
105.929 per 1,000 people |
|
[180th of 212]
|
|
Royalties and fees
|
$0.20 |
|
[53rd of 85]
|
|
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue
|
19.31 %
|
|
[31st of 165]
|
|
Telecommunications investment > current LCU
|
56000000000 |
|
|
|
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP
|
6.93 % GDP
|
|
[9th of 167]
|
|
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU
|
301000000000 |
|
|
|
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes
|
1.02 $
|
|
[76th of 142]
|
|
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP)
|
133.738 $
per $1 trillion of GD |
|
[47th of 174]
|
|
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per capita)
|
89.584 $
per 1 million people |
|
[69th of 178]
|
|
Telephone employees, total
|
3,346
|
|
[63rd of 194]
|
|
Telephone employees, total (per capita)
|
0.294
per 1,000 people |
|
[78th of 202]
|
|
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines
|
17.28 per 100 mainlines
|
|
[59th of 134]
|
|
Telephone mainlines
|
266,612
|
|
[92nd of 202]
|
|
Telephone mainlines (per capita)
|
22.869
per 1,000 people |
|
[115th of 203]
|
|
Telephone subscribers
|
1,996,718
|
|
[78th of 199]
|
|
Telephone subscribers (per capita)
|
0.179
per 1,000 people |
|
[109th of 201]
|
|
Telephone subscribers per employee
|
408.33
|
|
[50th of 191]
|
Telephone system > Domestic above-average urban system with a fiber-optic network; nearly two-thirds of all fixed-line connections are in Dakar where a call-center industry is emerging; expansion of fixed-line services in rural areas needed; mobile-cellular service is expanding rapidly; microwave radio relay, coaxial cable and fiber-optic cable in trunk system |
|
Telephone system > General assessment
|
good system |
|
|
Telephone system > International country code - 221; the SAT-3/WASC fiber optic cable provides connectivity to Europe and Asia while Atlantis-2 provides connectivity to South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) |
|
Telephone systems > Privatisation
|
1997 |
|
|
|
Telephones > Main lines in use
|
269,100 |
|
[88th of 174]
|
|
Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita)
|
21.49 per 1,000 people |
|
[103rd of 173]
|
|
Telephones > Mobile cellular
|
4,123,000 |
|
[80th of 186]
|
|
Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita)
|
329.264 per 1,000 people |
|
[118th of 185]
|
|
Television broadcast stations
|
4 |
|
[13th of 89]
|
|
Television broadcast stations (per capita)
|
0.319 per million people |
|
[14th of 67]
|
|
Television receivers
|
361,000 |
|
[105th of 185]
|
|
Television receivers (per capita)
|
37.612 per 1,000 people |
|
[127th of 179]
|
|
Television standard > VHF
|
PAL |
|
|
|
Televisions
|
361,000 |
|
[109th of 215]
|
|
Televisions (per capita)
|
30.8389 per 1,000 people |
|
[161st of 209]
|
|
Website defacements
|
2 |
|
[106th of 129]
|
|
Website defacements (per capita)
|
0.170853 per 1 million people |
|
[113rd of 124]
|