| Communications | Cuba |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.164 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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105 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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1.003 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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91 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: greater investment beginning in 1994 and the establishment of a new Ministry of Information Technology and Communications in 2000 has resulted in improvements in the system; national fiber-optic system under development; 95% of switches digitized by end of 2006; mobile-cellular telephone service is expensive and must be paid in convertible pesos, which effectively limits subscribership
domestic: fixed-line density remains low at 10 per 100 inhabitants; mobile-cellular service expanding but remains less than 10 per 100 persons
international: country code - 53; fiber-optic cable laid to but not linked to US network; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) (2010) |
Broadcast media:
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government owns and controls all broadcast media with private ownership of electronic media prohibited; government operates 4 national TV networks and many local TV stations; government operates 6 national radio networks, an international station, and many local radio stations; Radio-TV Marti is beamed from the US (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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65,606 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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201,588 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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11,087,330 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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58 (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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191,161 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.cu |
Internet hosts:
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3,025 (2010) |
Internet users:
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1.606 million
note: private citizens are prohibited from buying computers or accessing the Internet without special authorization; foreigners may access the Internet in large hotels but are subject to firewalls; some Cubans buy illegal passwords on the black market or take advantage of public outlets to access limited email and the government-controlled "intranet" (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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145 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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