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Tabular Data - Communications in Costa Rica
| Telephones - Main Lines In Use : |
1.132 million (2002) |
| Telephones - Cellular : |
528,047 (2002) |
| Telephone System : |
general assessment: good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; restricted cellular telephone service
domestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available
international: country code - 506; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); two submarine cables (1999) |
| Radio Stations : |
AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002) |
| Radios : |
980,000 (1997) |
| Television Stations : |
20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002) |
| Televisions : |
525,000 (1997) |
| Internet Country Code : |
.cr |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : |
3 (of which only one is legal) (2000) |
| Internet Users : |
800,000 (2002) |
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