Internet country code | .mg |
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
Total | 32,000 (2020 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 0.1 (2020 est.) |
Internet users | |
Total | 5.8 million (2021 est.) |
Percent of population | 20% (2021 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | Internet service is fast compared to other African countries, and telecom services in Madagascar have benefited from intensifying competition between the main operators; there have been positive developments with the country’s link to international submarine cables, particularly the METISS cable connecting to South Africa and Mauritius; in addition, the country’s connection to the Africa-1 cable, which arrived in 2023, provides links to Kenya, Djibouti, countries in north and south Africa, as well as Pakistan, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and France; a national fiber backbone has been implemented connecting the major cities, however much of the fiber in country has been installed by Huawei, which also manages data centers for the government; in addition, the government has progressed with its five-year plan to develop a digital platform running to 2024; various schemes within the program have been managed by a unit within the President’s office; penetration rates in all market sectors remain below the average for the African region, and so there remains considerable growth potential; much progress was made in 2020, stimulated by the particular conditions related to the pandemic, which encouraged greater use of voice and data services (2022) |
Domestic | Less than 1 per 100 for fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity about 56 per 100 persons (2021) |
International | Country code - 261; landing points for the EASSy, METISS, and LION fiber-optic submarine cable systems connecting to numerous Indian Ocean Islands, South Africa, and Eastern African countries; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intelsat - Indian Ocean, 1 Intersputnik - Atlantic Ocean region) (2019) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Total subscriptions | 26,000 (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | (2022 est.) less than 1 |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 20.783 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 70 (2022 est.) |
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