Telephones - main lines in use 45,000 (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular 40,000 (2001)

Telephone system
general assessment: domestic system unreliable but improving; provides only minimal service
domestic: network consists of microwave radio relay, open wire, and radiotelephone communications stations; expansion of microwave radio relay in progress
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 28, shortwave 1
note: the shortwave station in Bamako has seven frequencies and five transmitters and relays broadcasts for China Radio International (2001)

Radios 570,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations 1 (plus repeaters) (2001)

Televisions 45,000 (1997)

Internet country code .ml

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 13 (2001)

Internet users 10,000 (2000)

NOTE: The information regarding Mali 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 Mali Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mali Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.