*Internet access includes mobile internet, Laptop and computer device based access.
2.4 Telephone and Mobile Use
The Regional Communications Initiative Programme Malawi monitoring and evaluation
survey of telephone and mobile providers provides that mobile subscriptions constitute 27%
of the country’s population figures and this translates to country’s current
Telecommunications spread in terms of mobile subscribers per 1,000 people (Teledensity)
of 267 based on available RCIPMW secondary data. Internet penetration in Malawi per 100
people is at 3.33 according to 2011 figures reported on www.okii.com, Internet penetration
measures number of people with access to the world wide network. The country’s current
Telecommunications spread in terms of phone subscriber lines per 1,000 people
(Teledensity) is at 5.04.
TABLE 3 PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH TELEPHONE AND MOBILE DEVICES
PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUAL WITH TELEPHONE AND
MOBILE DEVICES IN YEAR 2012
Total
Percentage Per 1000
Subscriptions to
persons
population
figure
Mobile
3,951,572
27%
276
Mobile with Data
176,086
0.01%
11.9
Landline
74,532
0.1%
5.04
Source: Computed from RCIPMW Monitoring and Evaluation Survey Results, 2012
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