Telecommunications in Antigua and Barbuda are via media in the
telecommunications industry. This article is about communications systems in
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two maj ...
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Telephone
Telephones – main lines in use: 37,500 (2006)
:''country comparison to the world:'' 168
Telephones – mobile cellular: 110,200 (2006) (APUA PCS, Cable & Wireless, Digicel)
:''country comparison to the world:'' 177
Telephone system:
''domestic:'' good automatic telephone system
''international:'' 3 fiber optic submarine cables (2 to
Saint Kitts and 1 to
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...
); satellite earth station – 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio
Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 6, shortwave 0 (2002)
Radios: 36,000 (1997)
Television
Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997) (including ABS-TV)
Televisions: 31,000 (1997)
Internet
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): Cable & Wireless, Antigua Computer Technologies (ACT), Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA INET)
Internet hosts: 2,215 (2008)
:''country comparison to the world:'' 140
Internet users: 60,000 (2007)
:''country comparison to the world:'' 158
Country codes
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes ( geocodes) developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The term ...
: AG
Demographics
See also
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Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two maj ...
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History of telecommunication
The history of telecommunication began with the use of smoke signals and drums in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. In the 1790s, the first fixed semaphore systems emerged in Europe. However, it was not until the 1830s that electrical telecommuni ...
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List of telecommunications terminology
This is a List of telecommunications terminology and acronyms which relate to telecommunications.
C
* Coded set
* Customer office terminal
D
* Data forwarder
* Digital multiplex hierarchy
* Duplex
E
* Exempted addressee
F
* Frame synchron ...
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Outline of telecommunication
References
External links
Antigua and Barbuda SubmarineCableMap.com
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Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two maj ...
Antigua
Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Bar ...