Telephone System
Rudimentary system
- Country code +266
- Telephones - main lines in use: 22,200 (2000)
- Telephones - mobile cellular: 300,000 (2007)
- Domestic: consists of a few landlines, a small microwave radio relay system, and a minor radiotelephone communication system; a cellular mobile telephone system is growing
- International: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
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