Cayman Islands: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 33,534 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 60 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 93,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 166 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: reasonably good overall telephone system with a high fixed-line teledensity domestic: liberalization of telecom market in 2003; introduction of competition in the mobile-cellular market in 2004 boosted subscriptions dramatically international: country code - 1-345; landing points for the Maya-1, Eastern Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS), and the Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System submarine cables that provide links to the US and parts of Central and South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atl (2015) |
Broadcast media | 4 TV stations; cable and satellite subscription services offer a variety of international programming; government-owned Radio Cayman operates 2 networks broadcasting on 5 stations; 10 privately owned radio stations operate alongside Radio Cayman (2007) |
Internet country code | .ky |
Internet users | total: 43,000 percent of population: 77% (July 2015 est.) |