Telephones - main lines in use 245,000 (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular 60,482 (1998)

Telephone system
general assessment: small system with good service
domestic: primarily microwave radio relay
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); new microwave link to Reunion; HF radiotelephone links to several countries

Radio broadcast stations AM 5, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios 420,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations 2 (plus several repeaters) (1997)

Televisions 258,000 (1997)

Internet country code .mu

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 2 (2000)

Internet users 87,000 (2001)

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