Communication
Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inqui ...
s in
Cape Verde.
Telephone
A telephone is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into e ...
s - main lines in use: 72 764 (2011)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 496 900 (2011)
Telephone system:
''general assessment:'' effective system, extensive modernization from 1996-2000 following partial privatization in 1995
''domestic:'' major service provider is Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT); fiber-optic ring, completed in 2001, links all islands providing Internet access and ISDN services; cellular service introduced in 1998; broadband services launched in 2004
''international:'' country code - 238; landing point for the Atlantis-2 fiber-optic transatlantic telephone cable that provides links to South America, Senegal, and Europe; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)
Radio
Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmi ...
broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 22 (and 12 repeaters), shortwave 0 (2002)
Television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...
broadcast stations: 5 (and 7 repeaters) (2008)
Internet Service Provider
An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides services for accessing, using, or participating in the Internet. ISPs can be organized in various forms, such as commercial, community-owned, non-profit, or otherwise privat ...
s (ISPs): 4 (2008)
Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...
Users: 150 000 (2011)
Internet Hosts: 7 308 (2007)
Country code
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes (geocodes) developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The term ...
: CV
See also
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Telephone numbers in Cape Verde
The following are telephone codes in Cape Verde.
Overview
Telephone numbers in Cape Verde are 7 digits long (except for special 1xx codes), and must always be dialed in their entirety (a Telephone numbering plan#Closed dialing plans, closed d ...
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Media of Cape Verde
This article is about the mass media in Cape Verde including its telecommunications, television and radio.
Telecommunications
In 2011, there were approximately 73,000 main line telephones and 500,000 mobile and cellular phones in use in Cape Verd ...
External links
GSM World page on Cape VerdePanAfriL10n page on Cape VerdeOperator receives third ISP licence in Cape VerdeThird of population owns cell phone, Internet has few subscribers
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