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'''Communications in Malawi''' includes the country's postal, telephone, television, radio and internet services.

== Post ==
[[Malawi Posts Corporation]] provides the national postal service in Malawi and runs the [[post office]]s throughout the country. Ten other postal services providers operate in Malawi, including DHL, FedEx.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chavula|first1=James|title=Courier amid physical address woes|url=http://mwnation.com/courier-amid-physical-address-woes/|website=The Nation Online|date=22 October 2013}}</ref>

Postal services in Malawi are regulated by the [[Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority]] (MACRA).<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome to Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA)|url=http://www.macra.org.mw/|website=www.macra.org.mw|publisher=MACRA|access-date=2017-03-24|archive-date=2017-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218213634/http://www.macra.org.mw/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Act41of1998">{{cite web|title=Act No. 41 of 1998|url=http://www.macra.org.mw/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Communications-Act-19981.pdf|publisher=[[Malawi Government Gazette]]|date=30 December 1998|access-date=24 March 2017|archive-date=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325030415/http://www.macra.org.mw/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Communications-Act-19981.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Telephone ==
Mobile telephones are vastly more common than fixed line phones in Malawi, with over 6.1 million mobile subscriptions compared with only 45,678 fixed line subscriptions {{as of|2015}}.<ref name="CIA Malawi">{{cite web|title=Africa: Malawi|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/malawi/|website=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=24 March 2017|language=en}}</ref>

A report by the [[International Telecommunication Union]] in 2014 found the average Malawians spend on mobile phones was over 56% of the average monthly earning there. This was the highest proportion of earnings found by the survey.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Igunza|first1=Emmanuel|title=Malawi's expensive mobile phone habit|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31533397|website=BBC News|date=20 February 2015}}</ref>

Telephone system:
* domestic - fair system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relay links, and radiotelephone communications stations
* international - [[satellite earth station]]s - 2 [[Intelsat]] (1 [[Indian Ocean]] and 1 [[Atlantic Ocean]])

== Radio and television ==
{{see also|Media of Malawi#Television|Media of Malawi#Radio}}
Radio and television broadcast services in Malawi are also regulated by the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA).<ref name="Act41of1998"/>

There are 45 licensed radio broadcast stations, of which 31 are operational:<ref name="MACRA licensees">{{cite web|title=Licenses Issued|url=http://www.macra.org.mw/licenses-issued/|website=www.macra.org.mw|publisher=Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority|access-date=2017-03-24|archive-date=2019-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126025322/http://www.macra.org.mw/licenses-issued/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[AM broadcasting|AM]] 9, [[FM broadcasting|FM]] 5 (plus 15 repeater stations), [[shortwave]] 2 (plus a third station held in standby status)) ({{as of|2016}})

Radios: 2.6 million ({{as of|1997}})

There are 20 licensed television broadcast stations, of which 5 are operational ({{as of|2016}}).<ref name="MACRA licensees"/>

== Internet ==
The internet in Malawi is regulated by the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) Business to consumer Internet service providers include [[Bharti Airtel|Airtel]], and [[Malawi Postal Service]].

{{as of|2015|7}} there were 1.67 million internet users in Malawi.<ref name="CIA Malawi"/>

The number of [[Internet Service Provider]]s (ISPs) was 18 ({{as of|2003}}). The [[Country codes|Country code]] (Top level domain) is [[.mw|MW]].

== See also ==
*[[Malawi]]
* [[Media of Malawi]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011041845/http://gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_mw.shtml GSM World page on Malawi]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930011144/http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Malawi PanAfriL10n page on Malawi]

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