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Telephones - main lines in use:
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574,400 (2002)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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17,900 (2002)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: greater investment beginning in 1994 and the establishment of a new Ministry of Information Technology and Communications in 2000 has resulted in improvements in the system; cellular service, initially restricted, was opened to public access in 2003
domestic: national fiber-optic system scheduled to be completed by end of 2003; 85% of switches digitized by end of 2002 with entire system by end 2003; telephone line density remains low; cellular service expanding
international: country code - 53; fiber-optic cable laid to but not linked to US network; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)
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Radios:
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3.9 million (1997)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1 (1998)
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Televisions:
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2.64 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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58 (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.cu
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Internet hosts:
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1,529 (2003)
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Internet users:
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120,000 (2001)
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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5 (2001)
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