Telecommunications in Antigua and Barbuda

This article is about communications systems in Antigua and Barbuda.

Telephone

Telephones – main lines in use: 37,500 (2006)

country comparison to the world: 168

Telephones – mobile cellular: 110,200 (2006) (APUA PCS, Cable & Wireless, Digicel)

country comparison to the world: 177

Telephone system:
domestic: good automatic telephone system
international: 3 fiber optic submarine cables (2 to St. Kitts and 1 to Guadeloupe); satellite earth station – 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio

Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 6, shortwave 0 (2002)

Radio Stations of Anguilla
Band / Freq.	Call Sign	Brand	City of license	Notes
AM 620	V2C	ABS Radio and TV	Saint John's, Antigua	ABS; 5 kW
AM 1100	ZDK	Radio ZDK	Saint John's, Antigua	Owner: Grenville Radio; 20 kW
AM 1160	Unknown	Radio Lighthouse	Saint John's, Antigua	10 kW
AM 1580	Unknown	Unknown	Judge Bay, Antigua	50 kW
FM 88.5	Unknown	Power FM	Saint John's, Antigua
FM 89.7	Unknown	Catholic Radio	Saint John's, Antigua	2 kW
FM 90.5	V2C-FM	ABS Radio and TV	Saint John's, Antigua	repeats AM 620
FM 91.1	Unknown	Observer Radio	Saint John's, Antigua
FM 91.9	Unknown	Hitz 91.9	Saint John's, Antigua
FM 92.3	Unknown	Radio Lighthouse	Saint John's, Antigua	repeats AM 1160
FM 92.9	VYBZ-FM	Vybz FM	Saint John's, Antigua
FM 93.9	Unknown	Caribbean SuperStation	Saint John's, Antigua	repeats Caribbean SuperStation from Trinidad
FM 95.7	Unknown	Zoom Radio	Saint John's, Antigua
FM 97.1	ZDK	Radio ZDK	Saint John's, Antigua	repeats AM 1100
FM 98.5	Unknown	Red Hot Radio	Saint John's, Antigua
FM 99.1	Unknown	Hit Radio Music Power	Saint John's, Antigua
FM 100.1	Unknown (ZDKR-FM?)	Sun FM	Saint John's, Antigua
FM 101.5	Unknown	Second Advent Radio	Saint John's, Antigua	20 watts
FM 102.3	Unknown	Variety Radio	Saint John's, Antigua
FM 103.1	Unknown	Life FM	Codrington, Barbuda	1 kW
FM 103.9	Unknown	Life FM	Saint John's, Antigua	repeats 103.1 Codrington
FM 104.3	Unknown	Nice FM	Codrington, Barbuda
FM 107.3	Unknown	Crusader Radio	Saint John's, Antigua
SW 3.255 mHz	V2C	ABS Radio and TV	Saint John's, Antigua	Repeats AM 620

Radios: 36,000 (1997)

Television

Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997)

Televisions: 31,000 (1997)

Internet

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): Cable & Wireless, Antigua Computer Technologies (ACT), Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA INET)

Internet hosts: 2,215 (2008)

country comparison to the world: 140

Internet users: 60,000 (2007)

country comparison to the world: 158

Country codes: AG

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook website https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html.

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Telecommunications

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