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Telecommunications in Mozambique include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.

• Radio stations:
  • state-run radio provides nearly 100% territorial coverage and broadcasts in multiple languages; a number of privately owned and community-operated stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2007);^[1]
  • AM 13, FM 17, shortwave 11 (2001).
• Radios: 730,000 (1997).^{[needs update]}
• Television stations: 1 state-run TV station supplemented by private TV station; Portuguese state TV's African service, RTP Africa, and Brazilian-owned TV Miramar are available (2007).^[1]
• Televisions: 90,000 (1997).^{[needs update]}

• Main lines:
  • 88,100 lines in use, 148th in the world (2012);^[1]
  • 78,300 lines in use (2008).
• Mobile cellular:
  • 8.1 million lines (2012);^[1]
  • 4.4 million lines (2008).
• Telephone system:^[1]
  • General assessment: a fair telecommunications system that is with a heavy state presence, lack of competition, and high operating costs and charges (2011);
  • Domestic: stagnation in the fixed-line network contrasts with rapid growth in the mobile-cellular network; mobile-cellular coverage now includes all the main cities and key roads, including those fromMaputo to theSouth African andEswatini borders, the national highway through Gaza and Inhambane provinces, the Beira corridor, and from Nampula to Nacala; extremely low fixed-line teledensity; despite significant growth in mobile-cellular services, teledensity remains low at about 35 per 100 persons (2011);
  • International:calling code +258; landing point for theEASSy andSEACOMfiber-optic submarine cable systems;Satellite earth stations – 5Intelsat (2Atlantic Ocean and 3Indian Ocean) (2011).

• Top-level domain:.mz^[1]
• Internet exchange:Mozambique Internet Exchange (Moz-Ix).
• Internet users:
  • 1.1 million users, 114th in the world; 4.8% of the population, 188th in the world (2012).^[2][3]
  • 613,600, 113th in the world (2009).^[1]
• Fixed broadband: 19,753 subscriptions, 129th in the world; 0.1% of the population, 168th in the world (2012).^[2][4]
• Wireless broadband: 431,988 subscriptions, 94th in the world; 1.8% of the population, 127th in the world (2012).^[5]
• Internet hosts:
  • 89,737 hosts, 82nd in the world (2012);^[1]
  • 21,172 (2010).
• IPv4: 343,296 addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 14.6 addresses per 1000 people (2012).^[6][7]

Mozambique has a comparatively low Internet penetration rate with only 4.8% of the population having access to the Internet compared to 16% for Africa as a whole.^[8]

Telecommunication de Mozambique (TDM), Mozambique's national fixed-line operator, offersADSL Internet access for home and business customers. In early 2014 packages ranged from 512 kbit/s with a 6 GByte cap for MTN750 (~US$21) to 4 Mbit/s with a 43 GByte cap for MTN4300 (~US$118).^[9]

The three mobile operators, Movitel, mCel andVodacom, also offer3G Internet access.^[10]

Mozambique was the first African country to offer broadband wireless services usingWiMax.^[11]

With the introduction of theSEACOMsubmarine cable in July 2009 and theEASSY submarine cable in July 2010, Mozambique now has access to less expensive international connectivity and is no longer reliant onVSAT or neighborSouth Africa forInternet transit services.^{[citation needed][12]}

There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet, however, opposition party members report government intelligence agents monitore-mail.^[13]

The constitution and law provide forfreedom of speech and thepress, and the government generally respects these rights in practice. Individuals can generally criticize the government publicly or privately without reprisal. Some individuals express a fear that the government monitors their private telephone and e-mail communications. Many journalists practiceself-censorship.^[13]

• Telephone numbers in Mozambique
• Televisão de Moçambique, the government owned national public broadcaster of Mozambique.

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