| Communications | Costa Rica |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.437 million (2007) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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338 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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1.503 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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354 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; restricted cellular telephone service; state-run monopoly provider is struggling with the demand for new lines, resulting in long waiting times
domestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available
international: country code - 506; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable and the MAYA-1 submarine cable that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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65,445 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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83,410 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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223,889 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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212,694 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.cr |
Internet hosts:
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16,440 (2008) |
Internet users:
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1.5 million (2007) |
Internet users - density:
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353 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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