Contents 1 Telephones - main lines in use 2 Telephones - mobile cellular 3 Telephone system 3.1 domestic 3.2 international 4 Radio broadcast stations 5 Radios 6 Television broadcast stations 7 Televisions 8 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 9 Newspapers

[edit] Telephones - main lines in use

70,000 (2006) provided by Telma (Telecom Malagasy) http://www.telma.mg

[edit] Telephones - mobile cellular

100,0,000 (2007)

[edit] Telephone system

system is above average for the region

[edit] domestic

open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter links

[edit] international

submarine cable in construction, linked from Tulear to Durban; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)

[edit] Radio broadcast stations

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

[edit] Radios

3.05 million (1997)

[edit] Television broadcast stations

1 (plus 36 repeaters) (1997)

[edit] Televisions

325,000 (1997)

[edit] Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

3 main ones DTS, Simicro and Blueline (Gulfsat) (2006)

• DTS - http://www.dts.mg/
• Simicro - http://www.simicro.mg/
• Blueline (Gulfsat) - http://www.gulfsat.mg

In 2005, Blueline has also been the first operator in the Indian Ocean area to launch a Wimax based network for broadband Internet access.

Country code (Top level domain): MG

[edit] Newspapers

• L'Express de Madagascar
• Midi Madagasikara
• Madagascar Tribune

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