Antarctica Telecommunications Profile 2009

Telephones - main lines in use

0; note - information for US bases only (2001)

Telephone system

general assessment: local systems at some research stations
domestic: commercial cellular networks operating in a small number of locations
international: country code - none allocated; via satellite (including mobile Inmarsat and Iridium systems) to and from all research stations, ships, aircraft, and most field parties (2007)

Radios

NA

Radio broadcast stations

FM 2, shortwave 1 (information for US bases only); note - many research stations have a local FM radio station (2007)

Televisions

several hundred at McMurdo Station (US)
note: information for US bases only (2001)

Television broadcast stations

1 (cable system with 6 channels; American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo - information for US bases only) (2002)

Internet country code

.aq

Internet hosts

7,748 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

NA