43 Source: interviews with private operators, World Bank. More than 1000 antennas were deployed over 500 sites by
mobile operators as of end of 2013. PICOM project funded by the World Bank designed to cover an additional 9% of
the Malagasy population in rural areas by the end of 2015.
44 Fixed and mobile teledensity reached only 28% of the population at the end of 2013. Sources: TeleGeography,
World Bank.