Telephones - main lines in use:300,500 (2024)
Telephones - mobile cellular:2000,000 (2003)
Radio broadcast stations:AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 1 (2001)
Radios:410,000 (2001)
Television broadcast stations:20(2024)
Televisions:708,000 (2001)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):26 (2014)
Internet users:2500,000 (2002)
Country code (Top level domain): .mr
Mauritania has three operators, the original monopoly, Mauritel (now owned by Vivendi's Maroc Telecom), Mattel (owned by Tunisie Telecom) and Chinguitel, which will start operations in December 2006.[1]
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.