Contents 1 Telecommunication 2 Internet 2.1 Internet Country code - .mt 2.2 Malta Internet eXchange 2.3 Internet Censorship in Malta 2.4 Free Wi-Fi hotspots in Malta 3 Transportation 3.1 Airports 3.2 Roadways 3.2.1 Bus service in Malta 3.2.2 Renting a car in Malta 3.2.3 Taxi service 3.3 Waterways 3.3.1 Passenger service 3.3.2 Merchant Marine 3.3.3 Ports 4 Public Libraries 5 Time Zone

[edit] Telecommunication

The country code for Malta is 356. There are 241,100 land line telephone subscriptions in Malta and 385,600 mobile cellular subscriptions. In total this makes 150 telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.

Interntationally, Malta is connected to Europe (Italy) with two submarine communication cables. In addition to this there is a satelite earth station (1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 2008) to connect Malta to the world.

Domestic communication is provided by a combination of submarine cable and microwave radio relay between the islands.

[edit] Internet

There are four internet providers in Malta. As of 2008, there were 198,800 internet users in Malta. Internet in Malta is available both through coax cable, ADSL and 3G Internet.

[edit] Internet Country code - .mt

The country code top-level domain for Malta is .mt. The ccTLD is maintained by Network Information Centre Malta (NIC Malta/ NIC-MT).

[edit] Malta Internet eXchange

The Malta Internet eXchange (MIX) is the backbone of the Maltese internet infrastructure. It was launched by NIC Malta in cooperation with the major internet service providers on the island in September 1999. The internet exchange facility is located at the University of Malta Computing Services Centre. NIC Malta provides technical support for the internet exchange in close cooperation with the University of Malta.

The Malta Internet eXchange provides a backbone to route the traffic among the Internet Service Providers (ISP) operating within the Maltese islands. This is valid for country-internal traffic only. Traffic from/ to sites outside the Maltese islands will never traverse the MIX network and will be routed through the international connection of the individual ISPs.

[edit] Internet Censorship in Malta

See the full article about Internet Censorship in Malta.

[edit] Free Wi-Fi hotspots in Malta

See the full article about Free Wi-Fi hotspots in Malta and Gozo.

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Airports

There is one airport in Malta: Malta International Airport.The airport is located between Luqa and Gudja. The airport is located 5 km southwest of the capital Valletta. The airport serves as the hub for Air Malta, but many other airlines has routes to Malta.

Other airliners that have regular flights to Malta include Ryanair, Easyjet, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines, Alitalia and Air France. Visit the website of Malta International Airport to see details on shceduled arrivals and departures.

Harbour Air Malta operates a daily floatplane service from Valletta Harbour (Valletta Waterfront) to Mgarr Harbour on Gozo.

[edit] Roadways

There is a total of 2,227 km of roadway in Malta our of which 2,014 is paved. The roads are generally in good condition. The main mode of transportaion in Malta is by car. In Malta you drive on the left. Maltese drivers are notorious for being of the worst in Europe, but accident rates are the lowest in the Union.

[edit] Bus service in Malta

See the full article on bus service in Malta.

[edit] Renting a car in Malta

See the full article about renting a car in Malta.

[edit] Taxi service

See the full article about taxi services in Malta.

[edit] Waterways

[edit] Passenger service

See the full article about passenger waterway service in Malta.

[edit] Merchant Marine

As of 2008, there are 1,438 registered vessels in Malta. This makes the merchant marine in Malta the fourth largest in the world. The majority of the registered vessels are owned by foreign companies. The number of vessels owned by foreign companies in 2008 was 1,343.

[edit] Ports

There are two ports in Malta, one in Valletta and one in Maraxlokk (Malta Freeport).The Freeport cargo terminal handles about 1,2 million containers per year. Malta Freeport lies to the west of Marsaxlokk. The cranes of the port is an impressive sight from accross the bay.

[edit] Public Libraries

The Malta Public Libraries consist of the main Central Public Library which is situated in Floriana, 7 Regional Libraries and 38 Branch Libraries.

For an index of available books, see Malta Public Libraries Online Catalogue.

[edit] Time Zone

Malta is in time zone CET (UTC+1) in winter and CEST (UTC+2) in summer. See the article about time zone and daylight saving time for Malta.