Telephones - main lines in use:

282,600 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

4.123 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: good system
domestic: above-average urban system; more than half of all fixed-line connections are in Dakar with 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
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)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:

4 (2007)

Internet country code:

.sn

Internet hosts:

199 (2007)

Internet users:

650,000 (2006)