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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 systems in the

Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosraethat are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states comprise a ...

. In 2010,

Pohnpei State Pohnpei State (IPA: pɔ:n peɪ) is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The other states are, from east to west, Kosrae State, Chuuk State, and Yap State. The state's main island is Pohnpei. History The pre-colonia ...

was connected to the Internet using the HANTRU-1 undersea communications cable to provide high-speed bandwidth.

Kosrae State Kosrae ( ), formerly known as Kusaie or Strong's Island, is an island in the Federated States of Micronesia. The State of Kosrae is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia, and includes the main island of Kosrae and a few near ...

, Chuuk State, and

Yap State Yap State, also known in the Yapese language as Nam nu Wa'ab (lit. "Island of Yap") or simply as Wa'ab, is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The other states are Kosrae State, Pohnpei State, and Chuuk State. ...

, were planned to be connected in a second phase.

Telephone

Main lines in use: 8,000 (1995) Mobile cellular: NA Telephone system:
''domestic:'' islands interconnected by shortwave radiotelephone (used mostly for government purposes)
''international:''

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earth stations - 4 Intelsat (

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)

Radio

Broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2011) Stations below are included in the total: AM Radio stations: * AM 999 V6AF - (Pohnpei) * AM 1350 V6A - Baptist Radio - Moen (Chuuk) FM.. religious-Baptist * AM 1449 V6AH - Radio V6AH -

Kolonia Kolonia is a coastal town and the capital of Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). It was also the former FSM capital before being replaced by Palikir in 1989, located nearby to the southwest in the municipality of Sokehs ...

(Pohnpei) FM.. religious-Christian * AM 1494 V6AI - Radio Yap -

Colonia, Yap Colonia is an urban area belonging to the municipalities of Rull and Weloy which serves as the capital of the State of Yap, one of the Federated States of Micronesia. It administers both Yap proper and some 13 atolls and islands reaching to the e ...

(Yap) * AM 1503 V6AJ - Voice of Kosrae - Tofol (Kosrae) FM.. English, Kosraean * AM 1593 V6AK - (Moen) FM Radio stations: * FM 88.1 V6BC (Truk) * FM 88.1 V6AI-FM (Moen) * FM 88.5 V6MA-FM * FM 88.5 V6MA Bible Baptist Church Radio (Weno, Chuuk) * FM 88.9 V6JY (Yap) * FM 89.5 V6AK-FM Radio - Moen (Chuuk) FM English, Chuukese * FM 89.7 V6AA (Yap) * FM 101.1 V6AV ( BBC World Service) (Yap) * FM 104.1 V6AF-FM - Kolonia (Pohnpei) FM.. religious-Christian There is also a shortwave relay of 88.5 FM, V6MP. Radios: NA

Television

Broadcast stations: * KPON 7

( Pohnpei, 1 kW) * TTKK 7 Moen ( Truk, 0.1 kW) * WAAB 7 (Government station) Colonia (

Yap Yap ( yap, Waqaab) traditionally refers to an island group located in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, a part of Yap State. The name "Yap" in recent years has come to also refer to the state within the Federated States of Micr ...

, 1 kW) - (1997) Several Honolulu local stations are available on cable (converted from ATSC to DVB-T): KHET (

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KHON-TV KHON-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, serving the Hawaiian Islands as an affiliate of Fox and The CW. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate KHII-TV (channel 9). Both stati ...

(

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), KITV-TV (

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), KHNL-TV (

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) and KGMB-TV (

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). Televisions: NA

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): 1

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: .fm

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Micronesia Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: the Philippines to the west, Polynesia to the east, and ...