Netherlands Antilles Telecommunications Profile 2010

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Telephones - main lines in use

88,000 (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular

200,000 (2004)

Telephone system

general assessment: generally adequate facilities
domestic: extensive interisland microwave radio relay links
international: country code - 599; the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) and the Americas-2 submarine cable systems provide connectivity to Central America, parts of South America and the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radios

217,000 (1997)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 0 (2003)

Televisions

69,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations

3 (there is also a cable service that supplies programs received from various US satellite networks and 4 Venezuelan channels) (2003)

Internet country code

.an

Internet hosts

71,671 (2009)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

6


Source: CIA World Factbook
Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of December 18, 2008