Communications in Mali (original) (raw)

**Telephones - main lines in use:**45,000 (2000)

**Telephones - mobile cellular:**40,000 (2001)

**Telephone system:**domestic system unreliable but improving; provides only minimal service
_domestic:_network consists of microwave radio relay, open wire, and radiotelephone communications stations; expansion of microwave radio relay in progress
_international:_satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)

**Radio broadcast stations:**AM 1, FM 28, shortwave 1
_note:_the shortwave station in Bamako has seven frequencies and five transmitters and relays broadcasts for China Radio International (2001)

**Radios:**570,000 (1997)

**Television broadcast stations:**1 (plus repeaters) (2001)

**Televisions:**45,000 (1997)

**Internet Service Providers (ISPs):**13 (2001)

**Internet users:**30,000 (2002)

Country code (Top level domain): ML

See also : Mali