Communications in Malaysia
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Telephones - main lines in use: 4.58 million (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 11.12 million (2003)
Internet - Dial-up: 2.88 million (2003)
Internet - Broadband: 110,000 (2003) In 2004, 0.85% of Malaysians using it (218,004). The government targets a figure of 5% by 2006 and 10% by 2008.
Telephone system:
international service good
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)
Telco companies: TM Berhad, Celcom (013 and 019), Maxis (012 and 017) and DiGi (016)
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)
Terrestrial television stations
- RTM1
- RTM2
- TV3
- NTV7
- 8TV
- Channel 9
Satellite television stations
Cable television stations
- None
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
- JARING - Dialup and broadband
- TMnet - Dialup and Streamyx (broadband)
- Time - Webbit (Wireless broadband)
- Maxis - Broadband, Utopia (Wi-fi), Blackberry
- Nasionet
Country code (Top level domain): MY
- See also : Malaysia