Communication in Cape Verde Islands
Telephone System
General Assesment
Effective system, extensive modernization from 1996-2000 following partial privatization in 1995
Domestic
Major service provider is Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT); fiber optic ring, completed in 2001, links all islands providing Internet access and ISDN services; cellular service introduced in 1998
International
2 coaxial submarine cables; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
International Dialing Code
+238
Radio Broadcast Stations
AM 0, FM 22 (and 12 low power repeaters), shortwave 0 (2002)
Television Broadcast Stations
1 (and 7 repeaters) (2002)
Internet Top Level Domain
.cv
Internet Users
25,000
Broadband Internet Users
Unknown
