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'''Communications in the [[Cayman Islands]]'''
'''Communications in the [[Cayman Islands]]'''


== Telephone ==
== Telephone ==


'''Telephones – main lines in use:''' 37,400 (2009) <ref name=CIABook>{{cite web|title=CIA World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cj.html|publisher=CIA|accessdate=22 July 2012}}</ref>
'''Telephones – main lines in use:''' 37,400 (2009) <ref name=CIABook>{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Cayman Islands|access-date=22 July 2012}}</ref>


'''Telephones – mobile cellular:''' 99,900 (2004)<ref name="CIABook" />
'''Telephones – mobile cellular:''' 99,900 (2004)<ref name="CIABook" />
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'''Telephone system:'''
'''Telephone system:'''
:''Domestic:'' Reasonably good overall telephone system with a high fixed-line teledensity. Liberalization of telecom market in 2003; introduction of competition in the mobile-cellular market in 2004. FLOW Cayman, [http://www.digicelcayman.com Digicel]
:''Domestic:'' Reasonably good overall telephone system with a high fixed-line teledensity. Liberalization of telecom market in 2003; introduction of competition in the mobile-cellular market in 2004. FLOW Cayman, [http://www.digicelcayman.com Digicel]
: ''International:'' Landing points for the [[MAYA-1]], [[ECFS (cable system)|Eastern Caribbean Fiber System]], and the Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System submarine cables that provide links to the US and parts of Central and South America. Satellite earth station – 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007) [[Intelsat]] (Atlantic Ocean)<ref name="CIABook" />
: ''International:'' The Cayman Islands have landing points for the [[MAYA-1]], and the Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System submarine cables that provide links to the US and parts of Central and South America. Service on both of these cables are controlled by [https://lla.com/ Liberty Latin America.]
Satellite earth station – 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007) [[Intelsat]] (Atlantic Ocean)<ref name="CIABook" />


== Radio ==
== Radio ==
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== Internet ==
== Internet ==


'''Internet Service Providers (ISPs):''' 3 (2009) Cable & Wireless, Logic, [http://www.telecayman.com Tele Cayman]
'''Internet Service Providers (ISPs):'''Four companies offer internet service in the islands with in fixed configurations or mobile or both:
* [https://lla.com Liberty Latin America d/b/a FLOW]
* [https://www.digicelgroup.com/ky Digicel]
* [https://www.logic.ky Logic] - Fibre based service. Founded in 2004 as WestTel when it was granted a telecommunications license. Purchased TeleCayman in 2013
* [https://www.c3.ky/ C3]


'''[[Country codes|Country code]] (Top-level domain):''' [[.ky]]
'''[[Country codes|Country code]] (Top-level domain):''' [[.ky]]
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Latest revision as of 23:22, 13 October 2022

Communications in the Cayman Islands

Telephone[edit]

Telephones – main lines in use: 37,400 (2009) [1]

Telephones – mobile cellular: 99,900 (2004)[1]

Telephone system:

Domestic: Reasonably good overall telephone system with a high fixed-line teledensity. Liberalization of telecom market in 2003; introduction of competition in the mobile-cellular market in 2004. FLOW Cayman, Digicel
International: The Cayman Islands have landing points for the MAYA-1, and the Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System submarine cables that provide links to the US and parts of Central and South America. Service on both of these cables are controlled by Liberty Latin America.

Satellite earth station – 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007) Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)[1]

Radio[edit]

Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 17, shortwave 0 (2006)

Radios: 36,000 (1997)

Television[edit]

Television broadcast stations: Cayman27

Internet[edit]

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):Four companies offer internet service in the islands with in fixed configurations or mobile or both:

Country code (Top-level domain): .ky

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Cayman Islands". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 22 July 2012. (Archived 2012 edition.)
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