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Communications in Kiribati

I-Kiribati Communications

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Telephones - main lines in use: 4,500 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 700 (2005)

Telephone system: general assessment: generally good quality national and international service domestic: wire line service available on Tarawa and Kiritimati (Christmas Island); connections to outer islands by HF/VHF radiotelephone; wireless service available in Tarawa since 1999 international: country code - 686; Kiribati is being linked to the Pacific Ocean Cooperative Telecommunications Network, which should improve telephone service; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (may be inactive) (2002)

Television broadcast stations: 1 (possibly inactive) (2002)

Internet country code: .ki

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 2,000 (2007)