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Communications in Cuba
Telephones - main lines in use: 767,319 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 1,939 (1995)
Telephone system:
domestic:
85,3% of lines are digital connected.
Principal trunk system, end to end of country, is coaxial cable; fiber-optic distribution in Havana and on Isla de la Juventud; 2 microwave radio relay installations (one is old, US-built; the other newer, Soviet-built); both analog and digital mobile cellular service established
international:
satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios: 3.9 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 58 (1997)
Televisions: 2.64 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (Empresa Telefonica de Cuba, S.A[ETECSA], Colombus ) (2003)
Country codes: CU
See also
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