CubaCommunications

Telephones - main lines in use:	574,400 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:	17,900 (2002)
Telephone system:	general assessment: greater investment beginning in 1994 and the establishment of a new Ministry of Information Technology and Communications in 2000 has resulted in improvements in the system; wireless service is expensive and remains restricted to foreigners and regime elites, many Cubans procure wireless service illegally with the help of foreigners domestic: national fiber-optic system under development; 85% of switches digitized by end of 2004; telephone line density remains low, at 10 per 100 inhabitants; domestic cellular service expanding international: country code - 53; fiber-optic cable laid to but not linked to US network; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations:	AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:	3.9 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:	58 (1997)
Televisions:	2.64 million (1997)
Internet country code:	.cu
Internet hosts:	1,529 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):	5 (2001)
Internet users:	120,000 note: private citizens are prohibited from buying computers or accessing the Internet without special authorization; foreigners may access the Internet in large hotels, but are subject to firewalls; some Cubans buy illegal passwords on the black market, or take advantage of public outlets to access limited email and the government-controlled "intranet" (2004)

More about Cuba:

The World Factbook 2005, by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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