Communication in Costa Rica
Telephone System
General Assesment
Good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; restricted cellular telephone service; state-run monopoly provider is struggling with the demand for new lines, resulting in long waiting times.
Domestic
Point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available.
International
Landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable and the MAYA-1 submarine cable that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007).
International Dialing Code
506
Radio Broadcast Stations
AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002)
Television Broadcast Stations
20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002)
Internet Top Level Domain
,cr
Internet Users
1,214,000
Broadband Internet Users
Unknown
