Costa Rica's Communications | Costa Rican 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 Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 800,000 (2002)



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