Communications in Malaysia
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Telephones - main lines in use: 4.366 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 19.545 million (2005)
Internet Users: 11.016 million (2005)
Internet - Dial-up: 2.88 million (2003)
Internet - Broadband: 110,000 (2003) In 2004, 0.85% of Malaysians using it (218,004). The government targets a figure of 5% by 2006 and 10% by 2008.
Telephone system: international service good
domestic: good intercity service provided on Peninsular Malaysia mainly by microwave radio relay; adequate intercity microwave radio relay network between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei; domestic satellite system with 2 earth stations
international: submarine cables to India, Hong Kong, and Singapore; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean)
Telco companies: TM Berhad, Celcom (013, 019 and 0148), Maxis (012, 017 and 0142), DiGi (016 , 0146, 014-30, 014-31 and 014-32) and U Mobile (018).
Radio broadcast stations: AM 56, FM 31 (plus 13 repeater stations), shortwave 5 (1999)
Radios: 9.1 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 27 (plus 15 high-power repeaters) (1999)
Televisions: 3.6 million (1997)
Terrestrial television stations (Free-to-Air Channels)
Satellite television stations
Cable television stations
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
- JARING - Dialup and broadband
- Maxis - Broadband, Utopia (Wi-fi), Blackberry
- Nasionet
- PersiaSYS - Cable and Wireless Broadband
- Time - Webbit (Wireless broadband)
- TM Net - Dialup and Streamyx (broadband)
- DeConneXion - WiFi (Only in Sarawak) [1]
Country code (Top level domain): MY
Amateur Radio Stations: 2,000 (2006)
[edit] See also
- Broadcasting in Malaysia
- History of Communications in Malaysia
- Internet in Malaysia
- Malaysian telephone codes
- Malaysian mobile phone codes
- Malaysia
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