Hosta

Telephone

Telephones - main lines in use: 85,000 (As of 2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 135,100 (As of 2003)

Telephone system: domestic: fair system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relay links, and radiotelephone communications stations international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean)

Radio

Radio broadcast stations: AM 9, FM 5 (plus 15 repeater stations), shortwave 2 (plus a third station held in standby status)) (As of 2001)

Radios: 2.6 million (As of 1997)

Television

Television broadcast stations: 1 (As of 2001)

Televisions: 0 (As of 1999)

Internet

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 18 (As of 2003) There is a very significant increase of Web users in Malawi.

Country code (Top level domain): MW

See also

• Malawi

External links

• GSM World page on Malawi
• PanAfriL10n page on Malawi

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