Communications in Cuba

Communications in Cuba

Telephones - main lines in use:767,319 (2004) [Source: Granma 2005/01/28]

Telephones - mobile cellular:97,100 (June 2005) (ref: Informa Telecoms & Media) [Source: Lucia12 2006/01/20]

Telephone system:
"domestic:"85,3% of lines are digital connected. [Source: Granma 2005/01/28] Principal trunk system, end to end of country, is coaxial cable; fiber-optic distribution in Havana and on Isla de la Juventud; 2 microwave radio relay installations (one is old, US-built; the other newer, Soviet-built); both analog and digital mobile cellular service established
"international:"satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)

Radio broadcast stations:AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1 (1998)All of them are owned by the state-owned Cuban Radio and Television Corporation (ICRT), which manages Radio Rebelde, the largest AM network, and the SW service Radio Habana Cuba. (Source: WRTH 2005)

Radios:3.9 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:58 (1997)Virtually all of them are owned by the state-owned Cuban Radio and Television Corporation (ICRT). The only domestic TV network is Tele Rebelde, which is the TV counterpart to Radio Rebelde. Another network, which might also use a satellite TV grid, is Cubavisión. AFN has a station intended for US military personnel at Guantanamo Bay. (Source: WRTH 2005) (see also List of television stations in Cuba)

Televisions:2.64 million (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):2
*Empresa Telefonica de Cuba, S.A (ETECSA), Colombus (2003)

Country codes: .cu

ee also

*Communications in North America

References

External links

* [http://www.cubacel.cu Cubacel]
* [http://www.gsmworld.com/cgi-bin/ni_map.pl?cc=cu&net=cc GSM World - GSM Coverage Map of Cuba]
* [http://www.cuba-sms.com/index.php?mode=welcome www.cuba-sms.com - text messages (SMS) to Cuba]


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