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Communications in the United States Virgin Islands
The following statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
| | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(August 2020) |
Communications in the United States Virgin Islands
The following statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
Telephones - main lines in use: 74,200 (2008) The traditional wire line provider in the United States Virgin Islands is Viya. Viya is a subsidiary of ATN International [1]
Telephones - mobile cellular: 80,300 (2005)
The islands are served by Liberty Communications, Viya, Claro Puerto Rico, and T-Mobile US.
Telephone system:
Country code / area code +1-340
Radio broadcast stations: 24 radio stations broadcasting (2009)
Radios: 107,000 (2003)
Television broadcast stations: about a dozen television broadcast stations including 1 public TV station; multi-channel cable and satellite TV services are available (2009)
Televisions: 68,000 (1997)
The U.S. Virgin Islands' country code top-level domain is .vi.
Internet hosts: 8,933 (2010)
Internet users: 30,000 (2008)
Locally owned and operated Internet Service Provider: SM@RTNET www.smartnet.vi Providing Internet service via fixed wireless and Fiber Optics.
Country Code: +1284
International Call Prefix: 011
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Viya is a telecommunications company that provides landline, mobile telephone, Internet, and cable television services in the United States Virgin Islands. Viya is a subsidiary of ATN International. Prior to its acquisition by ATN, it was formerly known as Innovative Communications Corporation. In 2015, Choice Communications, which was a former rival telecommunications company and a subsidiary of ATN, purchased Innovative for $145 Million and completed the sale on July 1, 2016. In 2017, ATN merged both Innovative and Choice to form Viya.
