Telephone system: 994,860 telephones (1984); international service
good
local: NA
intercity: good intercity service provided on Peninsular Malaysia
mainly by microwave radio relay; adequate intercity microwave radio
relay network between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei; 2 domestic
satellite links
international: submarine cables extend to India and Sarawak; SEACOM
submarine cable links to Hong Kong and Singapore; satellite earth
stations - 2 INTELSAT (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean)
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 28, FM 3, shortwave 0
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: 33
televisions: NA
@Malaysia:Defense Forces
Branches: Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Malaysian Air
Force, Royal Malaysian Police Force, Marine Police, Sarawak Border
Scouts
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 5,041,003; males fit for
military service 3,058,445; males reach military age (21) annually
183,760 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $2.1 billion, 2.9% of
GDP (1994)
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@Maldives:Geography