Internet country code | .mr |
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
Total | 18,457 (2020 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 0.4 (2020 est.) |
Internet users | |
Total | 2.714 million (2021 est.) |
Percent of population | 59% (2021 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | Mauritania’s small population and low economic output has limited the country’s ability to develop sustained growth in the telecom sector; low disposable income has restricted growth in the use of services; this has impacted their ability to invest in network upgrades and improvements to service offerings; this has been reflected in the repeated fines imposed against them by the regulator for failing to ensure a good quality of service; there are also practical challenges related to transparency and tax burdens which have hindered foreign investment; financial support has been forthcoming from the government as well as the World Bank and European Investment Bank; their efforts have focused on implementing appropriate regulatory measures and promoting the further penetration of fixed-line broadband services by improving the national backbone network, ensuring connectivity to international telecom cables, and facilitating operator access to infrastructure; progress has been made to improve internet bandwidth capacity, including the completion of a cable link at the border with Algeria, and the connection to the EllaLink submarine cable; the final stage of the national backbone network was completed in December 2021, which now runs to some 4,000km; penetration of fixed telephony and broadband service is very low and is expected to remain so in coming years, though growth is anticipated following improvements to backbone infrastructure and the reduction in access pricing; most voice and data services are carried over the mobile networks (2022) |
Domestic | Fixed-line teledensity 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity of roughly 141 per 100 persons (2021) |
International | Country code - 222; landing point for the ACE submarine cable for connectivity to 19 West African countries and 2 European countries; satellite earth stations - 3 (1 Intelsat - Atlantic Ocean, 2 Arabsat) (2019) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Total subscriptions | 48,000 (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 1 (2022 est.) |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 5.358 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 113 (2022 est.) |
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