Short facts about communications in Malaysia

Telephones - main lines in use:

4.5 million (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2.698 million (1999)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  modern system; international service excellent domestic:  good intercity service provided on Peninsular Malaysia mainly by microwave radio relay; adequate intercity microwave radio relay network between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei; domestic satellite system with 2 earth stations international:  submarine cables to India, Hong Kong, and Singapore; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) (2001)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 56, FM 31 (plus 13 repeater stations), shortwave 5 (1999)

Radios:

10.9 million (1999)

Television broadcast stations:

27 (plus 15 high-power repeaters) (1999)

Televisions:

10.8 million (1999)

Internet country code:

.my

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

7 (2000)

Internet users:

1.5 million (2000)

Source: World Factbook