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Jamaica:
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Other pages in this profile of Jamaica:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 319,000 (2005) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 113.8 (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 2.495 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 889.7 (2006) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: fully automatic domestic telephone network domestic: the 1999 agreement to open the market for telecommunications services resulted in rapid growth in mobile-cellular telephone usage; mobile-cellular teledensity now exceeds 100 per 100 persons; the number of fixed-lines in use has been declining international: country code - 1-876; the Fibralink submarine cable network provides enhanced delivery of business and broadband traffic and is linked to the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) submarine cable in the Dominican Republic; the link to ARCOS-1 provides seamless connectivity to US, parts of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 10, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 7 (1997) |
Internet country code |
Definition .jm |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 1,213 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 0.4 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 1.232 million (2005) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 439.3 (2005) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 34 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 11 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 5 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 23 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 21 (2007) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 21,552 km paved: 15,937 km (includes 33 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,615 km (2005) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 14 ships (1000 GRT or over) 191,145 GRT/279,233 DWT by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 1, carrier 1, container 2, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 3 foreign-owned: 13 (Denmark 1, Germany 2, Greece 8, Latvia 2) registered in other countries: 1 (Panama 1) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Kingston, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Port Rhoades, Rocky Point |
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