St. Kitts and Nevis: Communications

Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis

Telephones - main lines in use:

17,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

205 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  good interisland and international connections domestic:  interisland links to Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Martin (Guadeloupe and Netherlands Antilles) are handled by VHF/UHF/SHF radiotelephone international:  international calls are carried by radiotelephone to Antigua and Barbuda and switched there to submarine cable or to Intelsat; or carried to Saint Martin (Guadeloupe and Netherlands Antilles) by radiotelephone and switched to Intelsat

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 3, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

28,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (plus three repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

10,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.kn

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

16 (2000)

Internet users:

2,000 (2000)

Source: CIA World Factbook 2001
(In general, information available as of 1 January 2001 was used in the preparation of this edition.)

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