Telephones - main lines in use:
357,300 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
936,000 (2007)
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 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:
AM 4, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2001)
Television broadcast stations:
2 (plus several repeaters) (1997)
Internet country code:
.mu
Internet hosts:
9,609 (2008)
Internet users:
340,000 (2007)
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