Short facts about communications in Madagascar

Telephones - main lines in use:

43,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

4,000 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  system is above average for the region domestic:  open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter links international:  submarine cable to Bahrain; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2 (plus 8 repeater stations), FM 7, shortwave 5 (1998)

Radios:

3.05 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (plus 36 repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

325,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.mg

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

2 (2000)

Internet users:

8,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook