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In its second issue of the Economic and Social Indicators on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), the CSO said that at the end of 2007, there were two fixed telephone service providers and three mobile cellular service providers , same as at the end of 2006.
It said the number of fixed telephone lines was 361,300 in 2007, 1.1 per cent higher than the 2006 figure of 357,300.
The number of mobile cellular subscribers went up by 20.2 per cent to attain 928 ,600 in 2007 from 772,400 in 2006.
In 2007, 99.0 per cent of the population was covered by mobile cellular telephony, compared to 98.0 per cent in 2006.
As regards the internet, the number of subscribers at the end of 2007 reached 16 6,000, representing an increase of 15.7 per cent over the figure of 143,500 in 2006.
The number of internet subscribers per 100 inhabitants worked out to 13.1 in 200 7 compared to 11.4 in 2006.
In 2007, the number of mobile internet subscribers increased by 28.3 per cent to 78,400 from 61,100 in 2006, while the number of fixed internet subscribers increased by 6.3 per cent to 87,600 from 82,400 in 2006.
The CSO also indicated that in 2006, 77.4 per cent of Mauritian households had a fixed telephone, 68.7 per cent had mobile cellular telephone and 95.7 per cent had a television set.
Households owning a computer represented 24.2 per cent of all households while those having internet access were 16.6 per cent.
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