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has three main
television stations
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, a small cable
microwave system, two public
GSM
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services (
Digicel
Digicel is a Jamaican and Caribbean mobile phone network and home entertainment provider operating in 33 markets worldwide.
Digicel has operated in several countries, including Guyana, Fiji, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, Suriname, and Ja ...
,
One Communications), multiple
submarine cables Submarine cable is any electrical cable that is laid on the seabed, although the term is often extended to encompass cables laid on the bottom of large freshwater bodies of water.
Examples include:
*Submarine communications cable
*Submarine power ...
(CB-1,
Gemini Bermuda,
GlobeNet
GlobeNet is a wholesale telecom operator that connects the Americas with various services (Network, IP, Data Center and Security), supported by its subsea cable system and IT infrastructure.
The subsea cable system has Cable landing point, landi ...
, CBUS), and two main
Internet service provider
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s (
Digicel
Digicel is a Jamaican and Caribbean mobile phone network and home entertainment provider operating in 33 markets worldwide.
Digicel has operated in several countries, including Guyana, Fiji, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, Suriname, and Ja ...
,
One Communications). In late 2020 a new provider Horizon Communications gained regulatory approval. Horizon Communications offers High speed 4G and soon 5G Fixed LTE Wireless connection, with burstable bandwidth.
Telephone
Country Code
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:
+1 (441)
International Call Prefix
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: 011 (outside the
North American Numbering Plan
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(NANP))
Calls from Bermuda to the US, Canada, and other NANP nations are dialed as 1 + NANP area code + 7-digit number. Calls from Bermuda to non-NANP countries are dialed as 011 + country code + phone number with local area code.
Number Format: nxx-xxxx
*Telephones - main lines in use: 57,700 (2006)
*Telephones - mobile cellular: 60,100 (2006)
*Telephone system:
**general assessment: good
**domestic: fully automatic telephone system; fiber optic trunk lines
**international: country code - 1 (441); landing point for the Atlantica-1 telecommunications submarine cable that extends from the US to Brazil; satellite earth stations - 3 (2007)
Radio
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Radio
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broadcast stations:
AM 0,
FM 7, shortwave 1 (2021)
There are three main broadcasting companies in Bermuda: LTT Broadcasting Co. Ltd. (Irie), The
Bermuda Broadcasting Company
The Bermuda Broadcasting Company is the largest broadcasting company in Bermuda. Sometimes abbreviated locally as "BBC", it is not related to the BBC, the UK's public broadcasting company. A commercial, for-profit broadcasting company since its b ...
Ltd. (ZFB/ZBM) (not to be confused with the
British Broadcasting Corporation #REDIRECT BBC
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), and Inter-Island Communications Ltd. (Hott/Magic).
The BBC owns four with the call signs of 2 with ZFB and two with the call signs ZBM. One of BBC's popular stations include Power 95 (94.9). It plays mostly hip hop, R&B, and reggae. It has been popular over the years, until competition from Hott 107.5 began.
The recent change of LTT Broadcasting's Jazz format and frequency from 98.1 to 98.3 in November 2010 to Roots and Classic Reggae (www.irie.bm) has shifted audience from Power 94.9 and Hott 107.5 to place overall second in the market in the broad 18-54 demographic based on research from Research Innovations Ltd in February 2011.
In April 2004 2 FM licenses were assigned to each Inter-Island Communications and LTT Broadcasting Co. Ltd. Inter-Island Communications operates Hott 107.5 FM, which plays a mixture of R&B, hip hop, reggae and some gospel. Overnight Hott 107.5 FM became the number one radio station in Bermuda. The Programme Director and part owner for the station was Elroy RC Smith, formerly of
WGCI-FM
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of
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, who is widely respected as one of the top PD in America. He has since departed from the station. Inter-Island Communications Ltd. launched its Adult Contemporary station, Magic 102.7 FM in February 2007.
Reggae star Collie Buddz (real name: Collin Harper) & his brother Matthew Harper started "Vibe 103" on March 30, 2012, under the corporate name of Harper Digital.
The
Government of Bermuda
Bermuda is the oldest British Overseas Territory, and the oldest self-governing British Overseas Territory, and has a great degree of internal autonomy through authority and roles of governance delegated to it by the national Government (the Bri ...
's
Maritime Operations Centre has also set up a shortwave radio station in 2007 (call-sign: ZBR)
The
Government of Bermuda
Bermuda is the oldest British Overseas Territory, and the oldest self-governing British Overseas Territory, and has a great degree of internal autonomy through authority and roles of governance delegated to it by the national Government (the Bri ...
also operates a radio station at 100.1 FM to broadcast emergency information, such as hurricane watches and warnings.
The
Government of Bermuda
Bermuda is the oldest British Overseas Territory, and the oldest self-governing British Overseas Territory, and has a great degree of internal autonomy through authority and roles of governance delegated to it by the national Government (the Bri ...
also operates a DGPS beacon for Maritime Operations on 323kHz
American satellite radio is also available.
Organised by frequency, the stations are listed below:
* 89.1 FM
Bermuda Broadcasting, ZBM-FM "Ocean 89" / Bermuda Broadcasting
* 94.9 FM
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ZFB-FM"Power 95" / Bermuda Broadcasting
* 98.3 FM
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"Irie 98.3" VRBF/ LTT
* 100.1 FM
ZBB-FM Government of Bermuda
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Emergency Measures Organisation Information* 102.7 FM
ZFM-FM
ZFM-FM is a Rhythm and Blues, hip hop and Caribbean music
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"Magic 102.7" WMJ-FM/ Inter-Island
* 103.3 FM
ZFV-FMbr>
"Vibe 103"/ Harper Digital
* 107.5 FM
ZFH-FMbr>
"Hott 107.5" WHT-FM/ Inter-Island
* 162.4 and 162.55
ZBR Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre
Defunct:
* 960 AM
ZFB
* 1230 ZBM-1
* 1340 ZBM-2
* 1160 AM
VSB-3 http://www.vsbbermuda.com/ (BBC UK) / DeFontes
* 1280 AM
VSB-2 http://www.vsbbermuda.com/ (Bible Broadcasting Network) / DeFontes
* 1450 AM
VSB-1 http://www.vsbbermuda.com/ "Gold AM" / DeFontes
* 106.1 FM
VSB-FM http://www.vsbbermuda.com "Mix 106" VSB-FM / DeFontes
Television
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Television
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broadcast stations: 2 (2014) ZFB Channel 7, ZBM Channel 9
Since 2014, the Bermuda Broadcasting Company (BBC, not to be confused with the
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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in the mainland UK) is the sole company operating television stations on Bermuda. It operates
affiliate. Until 2014, there was a third station on the island,
affiliate, owned by the locally based DeFontes Group. All of these television stations are commercial - there is no equivalent to the US's
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