Communications of Madagascar



Excerpted from the CIA World Factbook

Telephones - main lines in use:
59,500 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
163,000 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: system is above average for the region
domestic: open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter links connect regions
international: country code - 261; submarine cable to Bahrain; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2 (plus a number of repeater stations), FM 9, shortwave 6 (2001)
Radios:
3.05 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (plus 36 repeaters) (2001)
Televisions:
325,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.mg
Internet hosts:
509 (2002)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)
Internet users:
55,000 (2002)


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