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Tabular Data - Communications in Cuba
| Telephones - Main Lines In Use : |
574,400 (2002) |
| Telephones - Cellular : |
17,900 (2002) |
| Telephone System : |
general assessment: greater investment beginning in 1994 and the establishment of a new Ministry of Information Technology and Communications in 2000 has resulted in improvements in the system; cellular service, initially restricted, was opened to public access in 2003
domestic: national fiber-optic system scheduled to be completed by end of 2003; 85% of switches digitized by end of 2002 with entire system by end 2003; telephone line density remains low; cellular service expanding
international: country code - 53; fiber-optic cable laid to but not linked to US network; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) |
| Radio Stations : |
AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1 (1998) |
| Radios : |
3,900,000 (1997) |
| Television Stations : |
58 (1997) |
| Televisions : |
2.64 million (1997) |
| Internet Country Code : |
.cu |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : |
5 (2001) |
| Internet Users : |
120,000 (2001) |
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