Telephones - fixed lines:
total: 160,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 28 (2012)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 133

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 1.6 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 279 (2012)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 154

Telephone system:
general assessment: fairly modern communication facilities maintained for domestic and international services
domestic: termination of monopoly over mobile-cellular telephone services in 2001 spurred sharp increase in subscriptions with mobile-cellular teledensity exceeding 200 per 100 persons; fixed-line subscribership appears to have peaked and is now in decline
international: country code - 853; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; HF radiotelephone communication facility; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2011)

Broadcast media:
local government dominates broadcast media; 2 television stations operated by the government with one broadcasting in Portuguese and the other in Cantonese and Mandarin; 1 cable TV and 4 satellite TV services available; 3 radio stations broadcasting, of which 2 are government-operated (2012)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2009)

Television - broadcast stations:
1 (2009)

Internet country code:
.mo

Internet hosts:
327 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 189
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 270,200
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 48.3% (2009)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 150