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Montserrat Telecommunications Profile

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Telephones - main lines in usetotal subscriptions: 3,227

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 60.4 (2019 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellulartotal subscriptions: 5,377

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 100.66 (2019 est.)
Telecommunication systemsgeneral assessment: telecom market one of growth in Caribbean and fully digitalized; high dependency on tourism and offshore financial services; operators expand FttP (Fiber to Home) services; LTE launches and operators invest in mobile networks; effective competition in all sectors (2020)

domestic: fixed-line 60 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity 101 per 100 persons (2019)

international: country code - 1-664; landing point for the ECFS optic submarine cable with links to 14 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad (2019)

note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments
Broadcast mediaRadio Montserrat, a public radio broadcaster, transmits on 1 station and has a repeater transmission to a second station; repeater transmissions from the GEM Radio Network of Trinidad and Tobago provide another 2 radio stations; cable and satellite TV available (2007)
Internet country code.ms
Internet userstotal: 2,860

percent of population: 54.6% (July 2016 est.)

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021