| Telephones - main lines in use | total subscriptions: 398,048 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14.15 (2019 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | total subscriptions: 3,023,873 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 107.46 (2019 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | general assessment: good domestic and international service; mobile sector dominates, accounting for majority of the Internet connections and half of telecom sector revenue; extensive LTE networks providing coverage to most of the island population; regulator encouraging competition with little success due to breach of license; government announced support of national broadband network to aid access to education, hospitals, police, and municipal institutions; operators provided customers with data plans to support educational platforms; US grant to fund New Kingston smart city program (2021) (2020)domestic: while the number of fixed-lines, 14 per 100, subscriptions has declined, cellular-mobile has grown 103 per 100 subscriptions (2019) international: country code - 1-876 and 1-658; landing points for the ALBA-1, CFX-1, Fibralink, East-West, and Cayman-Jamaican Fiber System submarine cables providing connections to South America, parts of the Caribbean, Central America and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019) note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments |
| Broadcast media | 3 free-to-air TV stations, subscription cable services, and roughly 30 radio stations (2019) |
| Internet country code | .jm |
| Internet users | total: 1,548,618 percent of population: 55.07% (July 2018 est.) |
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | total: 317,907 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11.3 (2019 est.) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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