Communications in the Marshall Islands

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The Marshall Islands is an island country in Oceania.

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In 2010, the Majuro and Kwajalein Atoll were connected to the HANTRU-1 undersea communications cable to provide high-speed bandwidth. Faster internet service was rolled out to Majuro and Ebeye on April 1, 2010. [1]

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National Telecommunications Authority building

The majority of communication is under the responsibility of Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority.

Publications

Newspapers:

Telephone

Telephones:

Telex services:

Radio

Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)

Stations included are:

Television

Television broadcast stations: 3 (of which two are US military stations): MBC-TV, CPN (AFN) – Central Pacific Network (Channel 1) - CPN (AFN) – Central Pacific Network (Channel 2)

Internet

Internet Service Providers: 1 [2]

Top level domain: The TLD of the Marshall Islands is .mh. However, it's registrar has been essentially defunct, with their website not resolving.

Notes

  1. GIFF JOHNSON (March 5, 2010). "NTA cuts internet rates". The Marshall Islands Journal. Archived from the original on February 4, 2011. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
  2. Aenet Rowa (July 20, 2003). "Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority Gets Its Own Internet Link-Up". Yokwe Online. Archived from the original on April 22, 2005. Retrieved 2010-07-27.


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