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'''[[Communication]]s in [[Cape Verde]].'''

'''[[Telephone]]s - main lines in use:''' 72 764 (2011)

'''Telephones - mobile cellular:''' 496 900 (2011)

'''Telephone system:'''<br>''general assessment:'' effective system, extensive modernization from 1996-2000 following partial privatization in 1995<br>''domestic:'' major service provider is Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT); fiber-optic ring, completed in 2001, links all islands providing Internet access and ISDN services; cellular service introduced in 1998; broadband services launched in 2004<br>''international:'' country code - 238; landing point for the Atlantis-2 fiber-optic transatlantic telephone cable that provides links to South America, Senegal, and Europe; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

'''[[Radio]] [[broadcasting|broadcast]] stations:''' AM 0, FM 22 (and 12 repeaters), shortwave 0 (2002)
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'''[[Television]] broadcast stations:''' 5 (and 7 repeaters) (2008)

'''[[Internet Service Provider]]s (ISPs):''' 4 (2008)

'''[[Internet]] Users:''' 150 000 (2011)

'''Internet Hosts:''' 7 308 (2007)

'''[[Country code]]:''' CV

==See also==
*[[Telephone numbers in Cape Verde]]
* [[Media of Cape Verde]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070404205341/http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_cv.shtml GSM World page on Cape Verde]
*[http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/CapeVerde PanAfriL10n page on Cape Verde]
*[http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?id=203026 Operator receives third ISP licence in Cape Verde]
*[http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091219153433/http://www.macauhub.com.mo/en/news.php?ID=5041 Third of population owns cell phone, Internet has few subscribers]
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