Madagascar Communications - 2006

https://theodora.com/wfbcurrent/madagascar/madagascar_communications.html
SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Telephones - main lines in use:
58,700 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
333,900 (2004)

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)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (plus 36 repeaters) (2001)

Internet country code:
.mg

Internet hosts:
805 (2005)

Internet users:
90,000 (2005)

NOTE: The information regarding Madagascar on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Madagascar Communications 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Madagascar Communications 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.