Telecommunications in Madagascar
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[edit] Telephones - main lines in use
70,000 (2006) provided by Telma (Telecom Malagasy) http://www.telma.mg
[edit] Telephones - mobile cellular
1,000,000 (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)
As of 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
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