Communications in the Falkland Islands

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Telephones - main lines in use: NA

Telephones - mobile cellular: Cable & Wireless launched "Touch" a GSM 900 mobile service during December 2005. Roaming will be available during mid 2006.

Telephone system:
domestic: Telephone penetration by household is 100%. Services in Stanley are delivered via fibre optic and copper; in the remainder of the Islands the service is delivered via wireless technology
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) with links through the United Kingdom to other countries

IDD Code 500

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0

The Falkland Islands Broadcasting Service (FIBS) operates a radio network in conjunction with the BBC World Service, while the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) operates two networks of its own.

Radios: 1,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 2

1 operated by the BFBS live since 1997, which carries a compilation of the United Kingdom domestic channels. BFBS TV1 is freely available to non-military audiences, while BFBS TV2 is only available in the Mount Pleasant military base.

A local subscription service, KTV, carries satellite channels such as ESPN, Discovery CNN International and Turner Classic Movies (from the United States) and BBC World from the United Kingdom.

Televisions: 1,008 (2001) -

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): Cable and Wireless provide the Horizon service - penetration over 80% There is currently no ADSL or broadband internet service on the Islands.

Country code (TLD): FK

See also : Falkland Islands
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Falkland Islands topics

Geography
Barren Island · Beaver Island · Beauchene Island · Bleaker Island · Carcass Island · East Falkland (Lafonia) · George Island · Golding Island · Jason Islands · Keppel Island · Lively Island · New Island · Pebble Island · Ruggles Island · Saunders Island · Sea Lion Island · Speedwell Island · Staats Island · Swan Islands · Weddell Island · West Falkland · West Point Island

Locations
Airport · Camp · Darwin · Fox Bay · Goose Green · Port Egmont · Port Howard · Port Louis · Port San Carlos · Salvador · San Carlos · Stanley

Politics and government  |  Military
Government House · Governor · Legislative Council · Sovereignty · Flag · Coat of arms  |  British Forces South Atlantic Islands · Falkland Islands Defence Force · RAF Mount Pleasant

Society
Communications · Culture · History · Transport · Web domain

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Communications in South America

Sovereign states
Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Guyana · Panama* · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago* · Uruguay · Venezuela

Dependencies
Aruba* (Netherlands) · Falkland Islands (UK) · French Guiana (France) · Communications in Netherlands Antilles* (Netherlands) · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK)
* Territories also in or commonly reckoned elsewhere in the Americas (North America).
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