Telecommunications in the United States Virgin Islands

Communications in the United States Virgin Islands

The following statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Telephone

Telephones - main lines in use: 74,200 (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 80,300 (2005)

The islands are served by Claro Puerto Rico, and mainland U.S. carriers AT&T Mobility, Sprint Nextel, and T-Mobile USA. Although Verizon Wireless serves nearby Puerto Rico as domestic service, calls from the USVI are considered roaming and are charged nearly two dollars per minute, far more than calls made while roaming in Canada or Europe. Text messages (SMS), however, are treated as domestic, while multimedia messages (MMS) are unavailable for Verizon customers.

Telephone system:

general assessment: modern system with total digital switching, uses fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay

domestic: full range of services available

international: submarine cable connections to US, the Caribbean, Central and South America;; satellite earth stations - NA

Country code / area code +1-340

Radio

Radio broadcast stations: 24 radio stations broadcasting (2009)

Radios: 107,000 (2003)

Television

Television broadcast stations: about a dozen television broadcast stations including 1 public TV station; multi-channel cable and satellite TV services are available (2009)

Televisions: 68,000 (1997)

Internet

The U.S. Virgin Islands' country code top-level domain is .vi.

Internet hosts: 8,933 (2010)

Internet users: 30,000 (2008)

See also