Malaysia: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 4,394,559 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (July 2015 est.) |
---|---|
Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 44.111 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 145 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: modern system featuring good intercity service on Peninsular Malaysia provided mainly by microwave radio relay and an adequate intercity microwave radio relay network between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei; international service excellent domestic: domestic satellite system with 2 earth stations; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 160 per 100 persons international: country code - 60; landing point for several major international submarine cable networks that provide connectivity to Asia, Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Pacific Ocean) (2015) |
Broadcast media | state-owned TV broadcaster operates 2 TV networks with relays throughout the country, and the leading private commercial media group operates 4 TV stations with numerous relays throughout the country; satellite TV subscription service is available; state- (2012) |
Internet country code | .my |
Internet users | total: 21.684 million percent of population: 71.1% (July 2015 est.) |