Bahamas, The Telecommunications Profile 2013

Telephones - main lines in use

133,000 (2011)

Telephones - mobile cellular

298,800 (2011)

Telephone system

general assessment: modern facilities
domestic: totally automatic system; highly developed; the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network links 14 of the islands and is designed to satisfy increasing demand for voice and broadband Internet services
international: country code - 1-242; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2007)

Broadcast media

2 TV stations operated by government-owned, commercially run Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB); multi-channel cable TV subscription service is available; about 15 radio stations operating with BCB operating a multi-channel radio broadcasting network alongside privately-owned radio stations (2007)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 0 (2009)

Television broadcast stations

2 (2006)

Internet country code

.bs

Internet hosts

20,661 (2012)

Internet users

115,800 (2009)