Short facts about communications in Cuba

Telephones - main lines in use:

473,031 (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2,994 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  NA domestic:  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 country code:

.cu

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

4 (2001)

Internet users:

60,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook