| Communications | Malawi |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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160,100 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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11 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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3.038 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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192 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: rudimentary; privatization of Malawi Telecommunications (MTL), a necessary step in bringing improvement to telecommunications services, completed in 2006
domestic: limited fixed-line subscribership of about 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular services are expanding but network coverage is limited and is based around the main urban areas; mobile-cellular subscribership about 15 per 100 persons
international: country code - 265; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Atlantic Ocean) (2009) |
Broadcast media:
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radio is the main broadcast medium; state-run radio has the widest geographic broadcasting reach, but about a dozen privately-owned radio stations broadcast in major urban areas; the single television network is government-owned; relays of multiple international broadcasters are available (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 9, FM 5 (plus 15 repeater stations), shortwave 2 (plus one shortwave station on standby) (2001) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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1,764,362 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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3,175,851 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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7,939,626 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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1 (2001) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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15,879,252 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.mw |
Internet hosts:
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870 (2010) |
Internet users:
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716,400 (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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46 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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