- Media of Mauritius
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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.
High-quality internet access is also widely available in Mauritius; Ebene Cyber Tower, in Ebene City, hosts the AFRINIC, the internet registry for Africa.
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Telecommunications
The principal service provider is the public entity Mauritius Telecom. Emtel (a privately-owned company) and Cellplus (subsidiary of Mauritius Telecom) offer mobile telephone service.
Discount telephone services have recently appeared in Mauritius (for example Easycall, Yello, Sezam). They offer service with prepaid phone cards.
Television and Radio
In 1999, it was estimated that there were 450,000 radios and 265,000 television sets in use in Mauritius.
The Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation is the national public television and radio broadcaster. It broadcasts programming in French, English, Hindi, Creole and Chinese. It operates from the island of Rodrigues.
Radio stations
- MBC Radio Maurice
- MBC Radio Mauritius
- MBC Kool FM
- Taal FM
Television stations
Print
Publications appear in French and and sometimes English, while others are in an Indigenous language.
Newspapers
- L'Eco Austral.
- L'Express.
- Le Mauricien.
- La Gazette de Maurice (no longer publishing)
Journalists
- Richard Sedley Assonne
- Marcel Cabon
- Jacques Edouard
- Guy Forget
- Édouard J. Maunick
Categories:- Mauritius
- African media
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