Cuba Telecommunications Profile 2003

Telephones - main lines in use

473,031 (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular

2,994 (1997)

Telephone system

general assessment: NA
domestic: principal trunk system, end to end of country, is coaxial cable; fiber-optic distribution in Havana and on Isla de la Juventud; 2 microwave radio relay installations (one is old, US-built; the other newer, built during the period of Soviet support); both analog and digital mobile cellular service established
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1 (1998)

Television broadcast stations

58 (1997)

Internet country code

.cu

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

5 (2001)

Internet users

120,000 (2002)