Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 370,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 28 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 110

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 1.7 million
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 124 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 153

Telephone system:
general assessment: small system with good service
domestic: monopoly over fixed-line services terminated in 2005; fixed-line teledensity roughly 30 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular services launched in 1989 with current teledensity roughly 100 per 100 persons
international: country code - 230; landing point for the SAFE submarine cable that provides links to Asia and South Africa where it connects to the SAT-3/WASC submarine cable that provides further links to parts of East Africa, and Europe; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); new microwave link to Reunion; HF radiotelephone links to several countries (2011)

Broadcast media:
the government maintains control over TV broadcasting through the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), which operates 3 analog and 10 digital TV stations; MBC is a shareholder in a local company that operates 2 pay-TV stations; the state retains the largest radio broadcast network with multiple stations; several private radio broadcasters have entered the market since 2001; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 4, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2001)

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

Internet country code:
.mu

Internet hosts:
51,139 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 95
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Internet users:
total: 81,700
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percent of population: 6.1% (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 175