There are some 112,000 (2012) fixed line telephone lines in Mali, far outstripped by 14.613 million (2012) mobile cellular phone lines. There are two major mobile telephone operators, Ikatel (a subsidiary of Sonatel, of Senegal) and Malitel (a subsidiary of SOTELMA, the state owned telecommunications company). In June 2003, legislation passed a bill allowing other private telecommunications opera. Overview, a large, landlocked, multicultural country in, consistently ranks low in the. The. Prior to the 19th century, the area which became Mali was crisscrossed by trade and communication links, the most important being the, and important southern terminals of the routes. Radio broadcast stations: Government funded: AM 1, shortwave 1. Mali has since 1994 allowed for private (as in non-state) radios to begin operating. Foreign funding, and some commercial funding (m. : Internet users: 414,985 users or 2.9% of the population (2011). Internet usage is low by international standards, ranked 123 of 125 by the UN in 2002. Internet Se.
