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Mauritius Communications 2016
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SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Mauritius Communications 2016
SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on February 11, 2016

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

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 1.7 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 124 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
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
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 81,700
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 6.1% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 175


NOTE: The information regarding Mauritius on this page is re-published from the 2016 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritius Communications 2016 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritius Communications 2016 should be addressed to the CIA.




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