Short facts about communications in Jamaica

Telephones - main lines in use:

353,000 (1996)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

54,640 (1996)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  fully automatic domestic telephone network domestic:  NA international:  satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); 3 coaxial submarine cables

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 10, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

1.215 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

7 (1997)

Televisions:

460,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.jm

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

21 (2000)

Internet users:

60,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook