Haiti Telecommunications Profile 2013

Telephones - main lines in use

50,000 (2010)

Telephones - mobile cellular

4.2 million (2011)

Telephone system

general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is among the least developed in Latin America and the Caribbean; domestic facilities barely adequate; international facilities slightly better
domestic: mobile-cellular telephone services are expanding rapidly due, in part, to the introduction of low-cost GSM phones; mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 40 per 100 persons
international: country code - 509; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Broadcast media

several TV stations, including 1 government-owned; cable TV subscription service available; government-owned radio network; more than 250 private and community radio stations with about 50 FM stations in Port-au-Prince alone (2007)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 41, FM 53, shortwave 0 (2009)

Television broadcast stations

2 (plus a cable TV service) (1997)

Internet country code

.ht

Internet hosts

555 (2012)

Internet users

1 million (2009)