Madagascar:
Communications & Transportation


Telephones - main lines in use	129,800 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular	1.046 million (2006)
Telephone system	general assessment: system is above average for the region domestic: open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter links connect regions international: country code - 261; submarine cable to Bahrain; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations	AM 2 (plus a number of repeater stations), FM 9, shortwave 6 (2001)
Television broadcast stations	1 (plus 36 repeaters) (2001)
Internet country code	.mg
Internet hosts	9,734 (2007)
Internet users	110,000 (2006)

Airports	104 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 27 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 17 under 914 m: 1 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 77 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 41 under 914 m: 34 (2007)
Railways	total: 854 km narrow gauge: 854 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Roadways	total: 49,827 km paved: 5,780 km unpaved: 44,047 km (1999)
Waterways	600 km (2006)
Merchant marine	total: 9 ships (1000 GRT or over) 13,896 GRT/18,466 DWT by type: cargo 5, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 2 (2007)
Ports and terminals	Antsiranana, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara