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| Telephones - main lines in use | total subscriptions: 3,921 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 49.93 (2019 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | total subscriptions: 5,228 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 66.58 (2019 est.) |
| Broadcast media | Saint Helena has no local TV station; 2 local radio stations, one of which is relayed to Ascension Island; satellite TV stations rebroadcast terrestrially; Ascension Island has no local TV station but has 1 local radio station and receives relays of broadcasts from 1 radio station on Saint Helena; broadcasts from the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) are available, as well as TV services for the US military; Tristan da Cunha has 1 local radio station and receives BFBS TV and radio broadcasts |
| Internet country code | .sh; note - Ascension Island assigned .ac |
| Internet users | total: 1,800 percent of population: 23.1% (July 2016 est.) |
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | total: 1,347 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2017 est.) |
| Communications - note | Ascension Island hosts one of four dedicated ground antennas that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation system (the others are on Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory), Kwajalein (Marshall Islands), and at Cape Canaveral, Florida (US)); South Africa maintains a meteorological station on Gough Island in the Tristan da Cunha archipelago |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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