Telephones - main lines in use:
38,500 (2008)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
127,100 (2008)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern fully automatic telecommunications system
domestic:
increased competition through privatization; 3 wireless service providers are now licensed
international:
country code - 297; landing site for the PAN-AM submarine telecommunications cable system that extends from the US Virgin Islands through Aruba to Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and the west coast of South America; extensive interisland microwave radio relay links (2007)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 16, shortwave 0 (2004)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (1997)
Internet country code:
.aw
Internet hosts:
25,051 (2009)
Internet users:
24,000 (2008)