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'''[[Telephone]]s - main lines in use:'''
'''[[Telephone]]s - main lines in use:'''
1 389 359 (August 2005)
451,000 (525,700 main lines installed) (yearend 1996)


'''Telephones - mobile cellular:'''
'''Telephones - mobile cellular:'''
934 764 (August 2005)
46,500 (December 1996)


'''Telephone system:'''
'''Telephone system:'''

Revision as of 20:19, 20 September 2005

Telephones - main lines in use: 1 389 359 (August 2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 934 764 (August 2005)

Telephone system: very good domestic telephone service
domestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available
international: connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); two submarine cables (1999)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 50, FM 43, shortwave 19 (1998)

Radios: 980,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 6 (plus 11 repeaters) (1997)

Televisions: 525,000 (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (1999)

Country code: CR

See also : Costa Rica