Costa Rica

Costa Rica Communications

Telephones - main lines in use
1.132 million (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular
528,047 (2002)

Telephone system
general assessment: good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; restricted cellular telephone service
domestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available
international: country code - 506; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); two submarine cables (1999)

Radio broadcast stations
AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002)

Television broadcast stations
20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002)

Internet country code
.cr

Internet hosts
10,826 (2003)

Internet users
800,000 (2002)



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