Telecommunications in Palau
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Telephones

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: 7,300 (2012) Telephones - mobile cellular: 17,150 (2012) Telephone system:
''domestic:'' Palau National Communications Company
''international:''
satellite A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioi ...
earth station - 1 Intelsat (
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Radio and television

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 1, FM 3, shortwave 1 (2002) *
List of radio stations in Palau The following is a partial list of radio stations in Palau. According to ''The World Factbook'', there are six radio stations in Palau: 1 A.M., 1 shortwave & 4 F.M. AM *1584/ T8AA - Koror (News/Talk) Palauan FM *87.9/T8AA-FM - Koror (News/ ...
Radios: 12,000 (1997)
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: None, cable and satellite networks provide television service. Televisions: 11,000 (1997)


Internet

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):''
PNCC
(Formally PalauNet)
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 ...
(Top level domain): PW


References

Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the ...
Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the ...
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