Telecommunications in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Telecommunications in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is accomplished through the transmission of information by various types of technologies within Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, mainly telephones, radio, television, and the Internet.
Telephone
Telephones - main lines in use: 20,500 (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 83 (1993)
Telephone system:
- domestic: islandwide, fully automatic telephone system; VHF/UHF radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to the other islands of the Grenadines
- international: VHF/UHF radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to Barbados; new SHF radiotelephone to Grenada and to Saint Lucia; access to Intelsat earth station in Martinique through Saint Lucia
Radio
Radio broadcast stations: AM 0 (ZBG-AM 700 went off air in 2010), FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios: 77,000 (1997)
Television
Television broadcast stations: 1 (plus three repeaters) (1997)
Televisions: 18,000 (1997)
Internet
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): Cable and Wireless/FLOW
Country code (Top level domain): VC
References
External links
- National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, SubmarineCableMap.com
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