Short facts about communications in Nicaragua

Telephones - main lines in use:

140,000 (1996)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

7,911 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  inadequate system being upgraded by foreign investment domestic:  low-capacity microwave radio relay and wire system being expanded; connected to Central American Microwave System international:  satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) and 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

1.24 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

320,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.ni

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

3 (2000)

Internet users:

20,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook