Telephones - main lines in use: Telephone system:
Broadcast media: Internet country code: Internet hosts: Internet users: Communications - note:
3,000 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 216
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]
general assessment:
can communicate worldwide
domestic:
automatic digital network
international:
country code (Saint Helena) - 290, (Ascension Island) - 247; international direct dialing; satellite voice and data communications; satellite earth stations - 5 (Ascension Island - 4, Saint Helena - 1) (2010)
St. Helena has no local TV station; 2 local radio stations, one of which is relayed to Ascension Island; satellite TV stations rebroadcast terrestrially; Ascension Island has no local TV station but has 1 local radio station and receives relays of broadcasts from 1 radio station on St. Helena; broadcasts from the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) are available, as well as TV services for the US military; Tristan da Cunha has 1 local radio station and receives BFBS TV and radio broadcasts (2007)
.sh; note - Ascension Island assigned .ac
6,729 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 141
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
900 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 215
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]
South Africa maintains a meteorological station on Gough Island
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Communications 2015
https://photius.com/world_fact_book_2015/saint_helena_ascension_and_tristan_da_cunha/saint_helena_ascension_and_tristan_da_cunha_communications.html
SOURCE: 2015 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES
