Telephones - main lines in use 55,000 (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular 63,100 (2000)

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: 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)

Radios 3.05 million (1997)

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

Televisions 325,000 (1997)

Internet country code .mg

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 2 (2000)

Internet users 30,000 (2000)

NOTE: The information regarding Madagascar on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Madagascar Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Madagascar Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.