Telephones - main lines in use:
177,851 (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
856,200 (2008)

Telephone system:
general assessment: fairly modern communication facilities maintained for domestic and international services
domestic: termination of monopoly over mobile-cellular telephone services in 2001 spurred sharp increase in subscriptions with mobile-cellular teledensity approaching 190 per 100 persons in 2008; fixed-line subscribership appears to have peaked and is now in decline
international: country code - 853; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; HF radiotelephone communication facility; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2008)

Television - broadcast stations:
1 (2008)

Internet country code:
.mo

Internet hosts:
263 (2008)