0 Telecommunications in Malaysia

The primary regulator of telecommunications in the Malaysia is the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). It issues licenses under Telecommunications in Malaysia the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, the Postal Services Act 1991 and the Digital Signature Act 1997. Telephones - main lines communications in use: 4.311 million (2nd Quarter 2009) Telephones - mobile cellular: Telecommunications in Malaysia 28.545 million (2nd Quarter 2009) Telephone system: international service good domestic: good intercity service provided on Peninsular Malaysia mainly by microwave radio relay; adequate intercity microwave radio relay Telecommunications in Angola network between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei; domestic satellite system with 2 earth stations international: submarine cables to India, Hong Kong, and Singapore; satellite earth Telecommunications in Malaysia stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) The major telecommunication companies in Malaysia are TM Berhad, Celcom (013, 019 and 0148), Maxis (012, 017 and 0142), DiGi (010, 016 , 0146, 014-30, 014-31 and 014-32) and U Mobile (018). Radio broadcast stations: AM 56, FM 31 (plus 13 Telecommunications in Malaysia repeater stations), shortwave 5 (1999) Amateur Radio Stations: 2,000 (2006) Radios: 9.1 million (1997) Television broadcast stations: 27 (plus 15 high-power repeaters) (1999) Televisions: 3.6 million (1997) The following channels are free-to-air: Internet Users: 16.902 million (2009) Internet - Dial-up: 3.86 million (2nd Quarter 2008) Internet - Broadband: 2.115 million (2nd Quarter 2009) Internet Service Providers (ISPs): Country code (Top level domain): MY Afghanistan · Armenia1 · Azerbaijan1 · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Burma2 · Cambodia · People s Republic of China · Cyprus1 · East Timor3 · Egypt4 · Georgia4 · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan4 · North Korea · South Korea · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Nepal · Oman · Pakistan · Philippines · Qatar · Russia4 · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria · Tajikistan · Republic of China5 · Thailand · Turkey4 · Turkmenistan · United Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen Abkhazia1 · Nagorno-Karabakh · Northern Cyprus · Palestine · South Ossetia1 · Aceh · Adjara1 · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Altai · British Indian Ocean Territory · Buryatia · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Guangxi · Hong Kong · Inner Mongolia · Iraqi Kurdistan · Khakassia · Macau · Nakhchivan · Ningxia · Papua · Sakha Republic · Tibet · Tuva · West Papua · Xinjiang · .