Communications in Malaysia (original) (raw)

**Telephones - main lines in use:**4.4 million (1998)

**Telephones - mobile cellular:**2.17 million (1998)

**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)

**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)

**Internet Service Providers (ISPs):**8 (1999)

Country code (Top level domain): MY

See also : Malaysia