The Mauritius Radio Telescope (MRT) is a synthesis radio telescope that is used to make images of the sky at a frequency of 151.5 MHz. The MRT was primarily designed to make a survey with a point source sensitivity of 150 mJy. Its resolution is about 4 arc min. The MRT is a T-shaped array consisting of 1019 fixed helical antennas in the East-West arm (2 km) arranged in 32 groups and 64 helical antennas, four per trolley, on 16 movable trolleys in the North-South (880 m). There is a single trolley in the North arm. The North South arm is built along the old Port Louis to Flacq railway line.

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Le Mauricien is a French-language newspaper, based and distributed in Mauritius. The newspaper, founded in 1908, is released daily and is one of the most read in Mauritius. The publishers, Le Mauricien Ltd., also publish Week-End, Week-End Scope, and Turf Magazine.

It is also the most colourful newspaper of the island with sixteen out of twenty-four colour pages. It is an independent newspaper with strong editorial content.

The Internet Society is a non-profit, non-governmental, international, professional membership organization. Its more than 150 organization and 6,000 individual members in over 170 nations worldwide represent a veritable who's who of the Internet community. You should be a member, too.

The work of the Internet Society focuses on four "pillars:" standards, public policy, education and training, and membership.

The objectives of the Internet Society of Mauritius are as follows:

(a) To propagate the use of Internet amongst its members and the public in general

Mauritius Telecom Orange welcomed in Mauritius on 17th April 2008. Orange in Mauritius is the commercial brand for the mobile and internet services of Cellplus Mobile Communications Ltd and Telecom Plus Ltd.

The welcome note of Mr Sarat Lallah, the CEO of Mauritius Telecom renders our group's vision.

One of the leading enterprises of Mauritius

Mauritius Telecom (MT) is a group of companies comprising Mauritius Telecom Ltd and four main subsidiaries: Cellplus Mobile Communications Ltd, Telecom Plus Ltd, Call Services Ltd and Teleservices Ltd.

Established in 1992, MT has expanded rapidly to become one of the leading enterprises in the country, with a revenue of Rs 6.5 billion for 2007.

One of the leading enterprises of Mauritius. Mauritius Telecom (MT) is a group of companies comprising Mauritius Telecom Ltd and four main subsidiaries: Cellplus Mobile Communications Ltd, Telecom Plus Ltd, Call Services Ltd and Teleservices Ltd.

Established in 1992, MT has expanded rapidly to become one of the leading enterprises in the country, with a revenue of Rs 6.5 billion for 2007.

Radio Broadcast

Radio Broadcasting in Mauritius started on a private basis on 9 August 1927 by one Mr. Charles Jollivet with a Medium Wave radio transmitter of 1 kilowatt assembled by himself, two manual record payers and a carbon granule microphone. The station was lodged at his residence in Beau Bassin and was known as "Radio Maurice". It was later transferred to the attic of the Plaza Theatre in Rose Hill. The daily programme consisted mainly of music and news and lasted for 2 hours.

The Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) is the national public broadcasting service (Radio and TV) of the Republic of Mauritius and its outer islands including Rodrigues.

It was established as a body corporate on 8 June 1964 under the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation Ordinance no. 7 (1964). Prior to that date it operated as a Government Service under the name of Mauritius Broadcasting Service.

Objectives of the IBA

The Authority will regulate this sector by granting licences and more specifically by -

• Promoting diversity, wider choice in the field of broadcasting through the setting of standards for the delivery of high quality service.
• Ensuring that broadcasters operate in a level playing field where fair competition is the rule.
• Ensuring that broadcasters preserve and promote the plural nature of the Mauritian society by specially dedicated content.