Telephones - fixed lines:
total: 146,138
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 25 (July 2015 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 133

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 1.896 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 320 (July 2015 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 154

Telephone system:
general assessment: fairly modern communication facilities maintained for domestic and international services
domestic: termination of monopoly over mobile-cellular telephone services in 2001 spurred sharp increase in subscriptions with mobile-cellular teledensity exceeding 300 per 100 persons; fixed-line subscribership appears to have peaked and is now in decline
international: country code - 853; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; HF radiotelephone communication facility; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2015)

Broadcast media:
local government dominates broadcast media; 2 television stations operated by the government with one broadcasting in Portuguese and the other in Cantonese and Mandarin; 1 cable TV and 4 satellite TV services available; 3 radio stations broadcasting, of w (2015)

Internet country code:
.mo

Internet users:
total: 460,000
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 77.6% (July 2015 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 150