| Communications | Mauritius |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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357,300 (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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279 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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936,000 (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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729 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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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 teledensity in 2007 reaching 75 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 |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 4, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2001) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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321,066 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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142,696 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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void |
Television broadcast stations:
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2 (plus several repeaters) (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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642,132 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.mu |
Internet hosts:
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9,609 (2008) |
Internet users:
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340,000 (2007) |
Internet users - density:
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265 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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