Communications in Antarctica
Telephones - main lines in use:
0
Telephones - mobile cellular:
NA; Iridium system in use
Telephone system:
Radio broadcast stations:
AM: NA,
FM: 2,
shortwave: 1
Radios:
NA
Television broadcast stations:
1 (cable system with six channels; American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo)
Televisions:
several hundred at McMurdo Station (US)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
NA
Country code (Top level domain):
AQ
Information from CIA World Factbook, 2002 edition
(note: information for US bases only (2001))
general assessment:
local systems at some research stations
domestic:
NA
international:
via satellite from some research stations
(note: information for US bases only (2002))
(note: information for US bases only (2002))
(note: information for US bases only (2001))