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Telephones - main lines in use
32,500 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular
262,600 (2006)
Telephone system
general assessment: telephone services have improved; each island now has at least 1 public telephone, and there are mobile cellular networks with expanding subscribership
domestic: interatoll communication through microwave links; all inhabited islands and resorts are connected with telephone and fax service
international: country code - 960; satellite earth station - 3 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)
Television broadcast stations
1 (2006)
Internet country code
.mv
Internet hosts
1,082 (2007)
Internet users
20,100 (2005)
Airports
5 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways
total: 3
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2007)
Roadways
total: 88 km
paved roads: 88 km - 60 km in Male; 14 km on Addu Atolis; 14 km on Laamu
note: village roads are mainly compacted coral (2006)
Merchant marine
total: 22 ships (1000 GRT or over) 85,935 GRT/114,054 DWT
by type: cargo 17, petroleum tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 2
foreign-owned: 1 (Greece 1)
registered in other countries: 2 (Panama 1, Tuvalu 1) (2007)
Ports and terminals
Male


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