Antarctica Telecommunications Profile 2006

Telephones - main lines in use

0; note - information for US bases only (2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular

NA

Telephone system

general assessment: local systems at some research stations
domestic: commercial cellular networks operating in a small number of locations
international: country code - 672; via satellite (including mobile Inmarsat and Iridium systems) from all research stations, ships, aircraft, and most field parties

Radio broadcast stations

AM NA, FM 2, shortwave 1, note - information for US bases only (2002)

Television broadcast stations

1 (cable system with six channels; American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo)
note: information for US bases only (2002)

Internet country code

.aq

Internet hosts

8,018 (2005)