Telecommunications in the Cayman Islands

Communications in the Cayman Islands

Telephone

Telephones - main lines in use: 37,400 (2009) ^[1]

Telephones - mobile cellular: 99,900 (2004)^[1]

Telephone system:

Domestic: Reasonably good overall telephone system with a high fixed-line teledensity. Liberalization of telecom market in 2003; introduction of competition in the mobile-cellular market in 2004. FLOW Cayman, Digicel

International: Landing points for the MAYA-1, Eastern Caribbean Fiber System, and the Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System submarine cables that provide links to the US and parts of Central and South America. Satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007) Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)^[1]

Radio

Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 17, shortwave 0 (2006)

List of radio stations in Cayman Islands

Radios: 36,000 (1997)

Television

Television broadcast stations: Cayman27

Internet

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (2009) Cable & Wireless, Logic, Tele Cayman

Country code (Top-level domain): KY

References

1 2 3 "CIA World Factbook". CIA. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

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