| Communications | Jamaica |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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263,100 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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92 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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3.103 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,082 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: fully automatic domestic telephone network
domestic: the 1999 agreement to open the market for telecommunications services resulted in rapid growth in mobile-cellular telephone usage while the number of fixed-lines in use has declined; combined mobile-cellular teledensity exceeded 110 per 100 persons in 2009
international: country code - 1-876; the Fibralink submarine cable network provides enhanced delivery of business and broadband traffic and is linked to the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) submarine cable in the Dominican Republic; the link to ARCOS-1 provides seamless connectivity to US, parts of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2008) |
Broadcast media:
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privately-owned Radio Jamaica Limited and its subsidiaries operate multiple television stations, subscription cable services, and radio stations; 2 other privately-owned television stations broadcast; roughly 70 radio stations (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 4, FM 24, shortwave 0 (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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717,095 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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119,516 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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void |
Television broadcast stations:
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7 (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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409,769 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.jm |
Internet hosts:
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3,099 (2010) |
Internet users:
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1.581 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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552 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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