Communications in the Cook Islands
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This article lists communication
s in the Cook Islands
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Telephone
s - main lines in use:
Telephones - mobile cellular:
Telephone system:
Radio
Broadcast
Stations:
AM (1)
FM (8)
Television
Broadcast Stations:
Rarotonga (1)
Television Sets:
Internet Service Provider
s (ISPs):
Country code
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Communication
Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
s in the Cook Islands
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
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Telephone
Telephone
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:
- 6,200 (2003 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
- 0 (1994)
- In phase of installation of GSM infrastructure (2003)
- GSM 900MHz cellular network in place (2004). Estimated users 1500+ (2006)
Telephone system:
- Domestic: The individual islands are connected by a combination of satellite earth stationEarth stationA ground station, earth station, or earth terminal is a terrestrial terminal station designed for extraplanetary telecommunication with spacecraft, and/or reception of radio waves from an astronomical radio source. Ground stations are located either on the surface of the Earth, or within Earth's...
s, microwave systems, and VHF and HF radiotelephone; within the islands, service is provided by small exchanges connected to subscribers by open wire, cable, and fiber-optic cable - International: Satellite earth station - 1 IntelsatIntelsatIntelsat, 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...
(Pacific OceanPacific OceanThe Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
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Radio
Radio
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 (1)
- 630kHz Radio Cook Islands; FM Rarotonga
FM (8)
- 88.0MHz 88FM (Hot AC)
- 89.9MHz Radio Cook Islands Simulcast
- 93.0MHz Radio Australia
- 91.9MHz 96.7MHz 99.9MHz Matariki FM (Polynesian)
- 97.9MHz Marantha FM (Gospel)
- 99.0MHz Radio TKANA (Gospel)
- 101.1MHz Ocean & Earth HITZ 101.1 (Hot AC)
- 103.3MHz 91.5MHz KCFM (Oldies)
- Radio Sets 14,000 (1997)
Television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
Broadcast Stations:
Rarotonga (1)
- Cook Islands Television
Television Sets:
- 4,000 (1997)
Internet Service Provider
Internet 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):
- 1 (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...
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- CK