Benin:
Communications & Transportation


Telephones - main lines in use	76,300 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular	750,000 (2005)
Telephone system	general assessment: inadequate; fixed-line network is almost saturated with fixed-line teledensity stuck at a meager 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone density of roughly 10 per 100 persons domestic: fair system of open-wire, microwave radio relay, and cellular connections; four mobile-cellular providers international: country code - 229; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth station - 7 (Intelsat-Atlantic Ocean) (2007)
Radio broadcast stations	AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 4 (2000)
Television broadcast stations	1 (2001)
Internet country code	.bj
Internet hosts	798 (2007)
Internet users	700,000 (2006)

Airports	5 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2007)
Railways	total: 758 km narrow gauge: 758 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Roadways	total: 16,000 km paved: 1,400 km unpaved: 14,600 km (2005)
Waterways	150 km (on River Niger along northern border) (2005)
Ports and terminals	Cotonou