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communication Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...

s systems in the

Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands ( mh, Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( mh, Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ),'' () is an independent island country and microstate near the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the Internati ...

. In 2010, the

Majuro Majuro (; Marshallese: ' ) is the capital and largest city of the Marshall Islands. It is also a large coral atoll of 64 islands in the Pacific Ocean. It forms a legislative district of the Ratak (Sunrise) Chain of the Marshall Islands. The ato ...

and

Kwajalein Atoll Kwajalein Atoll (; Marshallese: ) is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The southernmost and largest island in the atoll is named Kwajalein Island, which its majority English-speaking residents (about 1,000 mostly U.S. civilia ...

were connected to the Internet using the HANTRU-1 undersea communications cable to provide high-speed bandwidth. Faster Internet service was rolled out to Majuro and Ebeye on April 1, 2010.

National Telecommunications Authority building

The majority of communication is under the responsibility of ''Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority''.

Publications

Newspapers: * Marshall Islands Journal: tabloid ** The Marshall Islands Journal is a dual language, once a week publication. It is the

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for the Marshall Islands.

Telephone

Telephones: * main lines in use: 3,000 (1994) * mobile cellular: 280 (1994)

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services: * ''domestic:''

Majuro Atoll Majuro (; Marshallese: ' ) is the capital and largest city of the Marshall Islands. It is also a large coral atoll of 64 islands in the Pacific Ocean. It forms a legislative district of the Ratak (Sunrise) Chain of the Marshall Islands. The ato ...

and

Ebeye Ebeye ( ; Marshallese: , or in older orthography, ; locally, , , after the English pronunciation) is the most populous island of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, as well as the center for Marshallese culture in the Ralik Chain of the arc ...

and

Kwajalein Kwajalein Atoll (; Marshallese: ) is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The southernmost and largest island in the atoll is named Kwajalein Island, which its majority English-speaking residents (about 1,000 mostly U.S. civilia ...

islands have regular, seven-digit, direct-dial telephones; other islands interconnected by shortwave radio, telephone (used mostly for government purposes) * ''international:''

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earth stations – 2

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(

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); US Government satellite communications system on Kwajalein

Radio

Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998) Stations included are: * V7AB 1098 (State-run, by Marshall Islands Broadcasting Company, national coverage) * V7AFN 1224

(military,

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) * V7EG 1170 Micronesia Heatwave (commercial) (formerly V7RR AM 1557) * V7EMON 95.5 * V7AB 97.9 * V7EAGLE 99.9

(military, Country) * V7DJ 101.1

(military, Active Rock) * AFN 102.1

(military, Hot AC) * V7AA 104.1 - Religious

Television

Television broadcast stations: 3 (of which two are US military stations) (1997) (stations are: MBC-TV, CPN (AFN) – Central Pacific Network (Channel 1) - CPN (AFN) – Central Pacific Network (Channel 2))

Internet

Internet Service Providers: 1 Top level domain: The TLD of the Marshall Islands is

.mh .mh is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for the Marshall Islands. Its registry website has been inactive since the end of 2021, and prior to that had not been updated since 1997. The mechanism of registering domains listed on ...

. However, it's registrar has been essentially defunct, with their website not resolving.

Notes

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