Short facts about communications in Antarctica

Telephones - main lines in use:

0 note:  information for US bases only (2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

NA

Telephone system:

general assessment:  NA domestic:  NA international:  NA

Radio broadcast stations:

AM NA, FM 2, shortwave 1 note:  information for US bases only (1998)

Radios:

NA

Television broadcast stations:

1 (the US Navy Antarctic Support Group operates a cable system with six channels for the American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo) note:  information for US bases only (2000)

Televisions:

several hundred at McMurdo Sound note:  information for US bases only (2001)

Internet country code:

.aq

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

NA

Source: World Factbook