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Economic Indicator: Telephone Statistics: Number of Fixed Lines, Mobile Phone Penetration Rate
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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2008
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Malagasy Franc
Currency Symbol: MGF
Telephone system: general assessment: system is above average for the region; Antananarivo's main telephone exchange modernized in the late 1990s, but the rest of the analogue-based telephone system is poorly developed; have been adding fixed line connections since 2005 domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity about 30 per 100 persons international: country code - 261; SEACOM undersea fiber-optic cable and the Lion undersea cable connecting to Reunion and Mauritius; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intelsat - Indian Ocean, 1 Intersputnik - Atlantic Ocean region) (2009)
Population : 21,926,221 (July 2011 est.)
Telephones - main lines in use: 181,200 (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 5.997 million (2009)