Malawi: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 45,678 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 6.116 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 34 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: rudimentary; two fixed-line and two mobile-cellular operators govern the market domestic: limited fixed-line subscribership of about 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular services are expanding but network coverage is limited and is based around the main urban areas; mobile-cellular subscribership about 30 per 100 persons international: country code - 265; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Atlantic Ocean) (2015) |
| Broadcast media | radio is the main broadcast medium; privately owned Zodiac radio has the widest national broadcasting reach, followed by state-run radio; about a dozen private and community radio stations broadcast in cities and towns around the country; the largest TV n (2014) |
| Internet country code | .mw |
| Internet users | total: 1.67 million percent of population: 9.3% (July 2015 est.) |