Telephones - main lines in use:
133,000 (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
358,000 (2008)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern facilities
domestic: totally automatic system; highly developed; the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network links 14 of the islands and is designed to satisfy increasing demand for voice and broadband internet services
international: country code - 1-242; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2006)

Television broadcast stations:
2 (2006)

Internet country code:
.bs

Internet hosts:
8,325 (2009)

Internet users:
106,500 (2008)