Madagascar Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
59,600 (2003 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
279,500 (2003 est.)
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 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (plus 36 repeaters) (2001 est.)
Internet country code:
.mg
Internet hosts:
773 (2003 est.)
Internet users:
70,500 (2003 est.)
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