Telecommunications in French Guiana

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There are telecommunications in French Guiana.

Telephones

In 1923, there were 117 telephones in use, with 241 miles of wire. [1] The number of telephones was approximately 6,800 by 1975, [2] approximately 13,700 by 1982 [3] and 18,100 by 1989. [4] There were 47,000 telephone main lines in use in 1995, [5] and 51,000 in 2001. [6] There were 138,200 mobile cellular phones in 2002. [6]

Contents

Telephone system:
domestic: fair open wire and microwave radio relay system [5]
international: satellite earth station – 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) [5]

Telegraphs

In 1923, there were nine telegraph offices, with 205 miles of wire. [1]

Radio

Radio Cayenne began to broadcast on 9 June 1951, [7] with regular broadcasts from January 1953. [8] In 1998, radio stations were broadcast on AM 2, FM 14 (including 6 repeaters) and shortwave 6 (including 5 repeaters). [5] There were 7,100 radio receivers by 1975. [2] There were 104,000 radios in 1997. [5]

Television

There were three television stations (plus eight low-power repeaters) in 1997. [5] There were 3,000 television receivers by 1975. [2] There were 30,000 televisions in 1997. [5]

Internet

There number of internet users was 2,000 in 2000, [9] and 3,200 in 2002. [6] There were two internet service providers in 2000. [9]

The top-level domain country code is .gf. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Meehan. The Guianas: Commercial and Economic Survey. Trade Information Bulletin No 516. November 1927. p 28.
  2. 1 2 3 The National Basic Intelligence Factbook, July 1975, p 69
  3. ↑ The World Factbook 1982, p 76
  4. ↑ The World Factbook 1989, p 101
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The World Factbook 2000, p 175
  6. 1 2 3 The World Factbook 2005, p 197
  7. ↑ Emile Lanou. Itinéraire de la musique instrumentale en Guyane. Editions Anne C. 1999. p 83. Serge Mam-Lam-Fouck. Histoire de la Guyane contemporaine, 1940-1982: les mutations économiques, sociales et politiques. Editions caribéennes. 1992. p 129.
  8. ↑ Berg. Broadcasting on the Short Waves, 1945 to Today. 2008. p 112.
  9. 1 2 The World Factbook 2004, p 190
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