Communications in Malaysia
Telephones - main lines in use:
4.4 million (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
2.17 million (1998)
Telephone system:
international service good
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
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)