Telecommunications in the Marshall Islands
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This article is about communications systems in the Marshall Islands. In 2010, the Majuro 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 HANTRU-1 is a submarine communications cable system that connects the Reagan Test Site in the Kwajalein atoll to Guam. The cable was funded by $100 million from the US Army. Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia arranged to add extensi ...
undersea communications cable A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean and sea. The first submarine communications cables laid beginning in the 1850s carried tel ...
to provide high-speed bandwidth. Faster Internet service was rolled out to Majuro and Ebeye on April 1, 2010. The majority of communication is under the responsibility of ''Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority''.


Publications

Newspapers: * Marshall Islands Journal:
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** 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) Telex services: * ''domestic:'' Majuro Atoll and Ebeye and Kwajalein islands have regular, seven-digit, direct-dial telephones; other islands interconnected by shortwave radio, telephone (used mostly for government purposes) * ''international:'' satellite earth stations – 2
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( Pacific Ocean); 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
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, national coverage) * V7AFN 1224 Kwajalein (military, NPR) * V7EG 1170 Micronesia Heatwave (commercial) (formerly V7RR AM 1557) * V7EMON 95.5 * V7AB 97.9 * V7EAGLE 99.9 Kwajalein (military, Country) * V7DJ 101.1 Kwajalein (military, Active Rock) * AFN 102.1 Kwajalein (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
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. However, it's registrar has been essentially defunct, with their website not resolving.


Notes

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