Communications in Puerto Rico
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Communications in Puerto Rico
s - main lines in use:
1,072,456 source: Table 6 page13
Telephones - mobile cellular:
2,076,698 source: Table 13, page 20
Telephone system:
modern system, integrated with that of the United States
by high-capacity submarine cable and Intelsat
with high-speed data capability
domestic: digital telephone system; cellular telephone service
international: satellite
earth station - 1 Intelsat; submarine cable to US
Country Code/Area Code
+1-787, +1-939
broadcast
stations:
AM 74, FM 53, shortwave 0 (2006) source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2013.html
broadcast stations:
18 (plus three stations of the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service) (1997)
Televisions:
1.021 million (1997)
s (ISPs):
18 (1999)
Country code
(Top level domain): PR
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
Telephone
TelephoneTelephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
s - main lines in use:
1,072,456 source: Table 6 page13
Telephones - mobile cellular:
2,076,698 source: Table 13, page 20
Telephone system:
modern system, integrated with that of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
by high-capacity submarine cable and Intelsat
Intelsat
Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast...
with high-speed data capability
domestic: digital telephone system; cellular telephone service
international: satellite
Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
earth station - 1 Intelsat; submarine cable to US
Country Code/Area Code
+1-787, +1-939
Radio
RadioRadio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
broadcast
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
stations:
AM 74, FM 53, shortwave 0 (2006) source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2013.html
Television
TelevisionTelevision
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
broadcast stations:
18 (plus three stations of the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service) (1997)
Televisions:
1.021 million (1997)
Internet
Internet Service ProviderInternet service provider
An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...
s (ISPs):
18 (1999)
Country code
Country code
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The best known of these is ISO 3166-1...
(Top level domain): PR