Telephones - main lines in use:
140,000 (1996)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
7,911 (1997)
Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate system being upgraded by foreign
investment
domestic: low-capacity microwave radio relay and wire system being
expanded; connected to Central American Microwave System
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic
Ocean region) and 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
1.24 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:
320,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.ni
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
3 (2000)
Internet users:
20,000 (2000)