Communications in Cuba
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Telephones - main lines in use: 767,319 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 97,100 (June 2005) (ref: Informa Telecoms & Media)
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) All of them are owned by the state-owned Cuban Radio and Television Corporation (ICRT), which manages Radio Rebelde, the largest AM network, and the SW service Radio Habana Cuba. (Source: WRTH 2005)
Radios: 3.9 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 58 (1997) Virtually all of them are owned by the state-owned Cuban Radio and Television Corporation (ICRT). The only domestic TV network is Tele Rebelde, which is the TV counterpart to Radio Rebelde. Another network, which might also use a satellite TV grid, is Cubavisión. AFN has a station intended for US military personnel at Guantanamo Bay. (Source: WRTH 2005)
Televisions: 2.64 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2
- Empresa Telefonica de Cuba, S.A (ETECSA), Colombus (2003)
