Media of Mauritius
The media of Mauritius is limited by its small population size (estimated at 1,288,000 in 2008). Nonetheless, Mauritius has a robust economy, and there are a number of major media outlets, including print newspapers, radio and television stations.
Newspapers
Publications appear in French and sometimes English, while others are in an Indigenous language.
Television
The Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation is the national public television and radio broadcaster. It broadcasts programming in French, English, Hindi, Creole and Chinese. It also operates also in the island of Rodrigues and Agaléga. Other television broadcaster include Canalsat, Parabole Maurice, London Satellite Systems and DStv.
Radio
There are nine Mauritian FM radio stations and two operating on the AM band. The most listened station is Radio Plus followed by Top FM.
Literature
Magazines
Telecommunications
The principal service provider is the public entity Mauritius Telecom together with its strategic partner Orange S.A. Other service provider include Emtel and MTML.
Internet
Mauritius has several operators like Mauritius Telecom, Nomad, Mahanagar Telephone Mauritius Limited (MTML) & Emtel. Each operator uses a different technology to provide Internet access. Nomad makes use of WiMAX, MTML uses CDMA2000 and Emtel uses HSDPA(3.5G). The monopoly is retained by Mauritius Telecom (MT) which provides dial-up & ADSL services over existing telephone lines. High-quality internet access is also widely available in Mauritius; Ebène Cyber Tower, in Ebène CyberCity, hosts the AfriNIC, the internet registry for Africa.
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