The Marshall Islands is an island country in Oceania.
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]
The majority of communication is under the responsibility of Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority.
Newspapers:
Telephones:
Telex services:
Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)
Stations included are:
Broadcast stations:
Several Honolulu local stations are available on cable (converted from ATSC to DVB-T): KHET (PBS), KHON-TV (Fox), KITV-TV (ABC), KHNL-TV (NBC) and KGMB-TV (CBS).
Televisions: NA
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.
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