Telephones - main lines in use:
78,300 (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
4.405 million (2008)

Telephone system:

general assessment:
fair system but not available generally (less than 1 main line per 100 persons)

domestic:
the system consists of open-wire lines and trunk connection by microwave radio relay and tropospheric scatter

international:
country code - 258; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 13, FM 17, shortwave 11 (2001)

Radios:
730,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
4 (2009)

Televisions:
90,000 (1997)

Internet

In terms of access to the Internet, Mozambique has a comparatively low rate of penetration with only 2.8% of the population having access to the Internet according to the Internet World Stats 2010 data.

TDM

Telecommunication de Mozambique

Telecomunicações de Moçambique , is a telecommunications and Internet service provider in Mozambique. Telecomunicações de Moçambique was created in 1981 following the termination of the Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones government agency...

, Mozambique's national fixed-line operator, offers ADSL Internet services for home and business customers. In late 2010 packages ranged from 128 kbit/s with 6 GB cap for MTN750 (~US$21) to 4 Mbit/s with 31 GB cap for MTN4300 (~US$118).

The two mobile operators, mCel and Vodacom, also offer Internet access using 3G

3G

3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...

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Mozambique was the first African country to offer broadband wireless services through WiMax

WiMAX

WiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...

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With the introduction of the SEACOM submarine

Submarine communications cable

A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean....

 cable in July 2009 and the EASSY

EASSY

The Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System is an undersea fibre optic cable system connecting countries of eastern Africa to the rest of the world....

 submarine cable in July 2010, Mozambique now has access to cheaper international connectivity and is no longer reliant on VSAT or neighbours South Africa for Internet transit services.

MOZIX is the country's Internet Exchange.

Internet hosts:
21,172 (2010)

Internet users:
612,000 (2010)

Country code (Top level domain): MZ