| Communications | Costa Rica |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.482 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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324 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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3.035 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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664 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; under the terms of CAFTA-DR, the state-run telecommunications monopoly scheduled to be opened to competition from domestic and international firms, has been delayed by the nation's telecommunications regulator.
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 points for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1), MAYA-1, and the Pan American Crossing submarine cables 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) (2009) |
Broadcast media:
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multiple privately-owned television stations and 1 publicly-owned television station; cable network services are widely available; more than 100 privately-owned radio stations and a public radio network (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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70,409 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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89,737 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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240,872 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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228,829 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.cr |
Internet hosts:
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34,024 (2010) |
Internet users:
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1.485 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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325 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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