27, May 2012, CEST. Welcome to the beta version of Econ Stats, the Economic Statistics Database service provided by EconomyWatch.com.
Country or Region:
Mozambique ›
Change country
Economic Indicator: Telephone Statistics: Number of Fixed Lines, Mobile Phone Penetration Rate
› See all Mozambique indicators,
› See Telephone Statistics: Number of Fixed Lines, Mobile Phone Penetration Rate data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2008
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Metical
Currency Symbol: MZM
Telephone system: general assessment: a fair telecommunications system that is shackled with a heavy state presence, lack of competition, and high operating costs and charges domestic: multiple mobile-cellular providers with a combined subscribership of nearly 60 telephones per 100 persons; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity about 65 per 100 persons international: country code - 264; fiber-optic cable to South Africa, microwave radio relay link to Botswana, direct links to other neighboring countries; connected to the South African Far East (SAFE) submarine cable through South Africa; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (2008)
Population : 22,948,858 (July 2011 est.) note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected; the 1997 Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246
Telephones - main lines in use: 82,400 (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 5.971 million (2009)