- Source: Telecommunications in French Guiana
There are telecommunications in French Guiana.
Telephones
In 1923, there were 117 telephones in use, with 241 miles of wire. The number of telephones was approximately 6,800 by 1975, approximately 13,700 by 1982 and 18,100 by 1989. There were 47,000 telephone main lines in use in 1995, and 51,000 in 2001. There were 138,200 mobile cellular phones in 2002.
Telephone system:
domestic:
fair open wire and microwave radio relay system
international:
satellite earth station – 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Telegraphs
In 1923, there were nine telegraph offices, with 205 miles of wire.
Radio
Radio Cayenne began to broadcast on 9 June 1951, with regular broadcasts from January 1953. In 1998, radio stations were broadcast on AM 2, FM 14 (including 6 repeaters) and shortwave 6 (including 5 repeaters). There were 7,100 radio receivers by 1975. There were 104,000 radios in 1997.
Television
There were three television stations (plus eight low-power repeaters) in 1997. There were 3,000 television receivers by 1975. There were 30,000 televisions in 1997.
Internet
There number of internet users was 2,000 in 2000, and 3,200 in 2002. There were two internet service providers in 2000.
The top-level domain country code is .gf.
See also
French Guiana
Telecommunications in France
References
Robert Ladel, "French Guiana — Telecommunications" (1956) 10 The Caribbean (Port-of-Spain) 33 to 34 (No 2, September 1956)
"Broadcasting and Communications" in "French Guiana". South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2003. 11th Edition. Europa Publications. 2002. p 416.
"Telecommunications" in "French Guiana". Caribbean Basin Profile. Caribbean Publishing Company. 1998. p 202. Google
Donald G Moore. "French Guiana". The Importance of Telecommunications to a Modern Latin America. Michigan State University, Department of Telecommunication. 1982. pp 441 to 448. See also pp 370, 384, 457, 461 and 462. Google
A Guide to Telecommunications Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean. US Department of Commerce. 1996. p 144, 291 and 292. Google
Peter Curwen and Jason Whalley. Mobile Telecommunications in a High-Speed World. Gower Publishing. 2010. Routledge. 2016. pp 46 and 66.
"French Guiana". Global Connect! pp 180 and 181. See also pp 7, 19 and 34.
Louise Gagne (ed). Telecommunications Directory. 17th Edition. Thomson Gale. 2007. Volume 2 (International). pp 634, 690, 697, 700, 709 and 775.
Minago et al. "3.8 French Guiana" in "Revision of the 5G Concept Rollout and Its Application in Smart Cities". Proceedings of the 7th Brazilian Technology Symposium. p 234. See also p 237.
Telephone and Telegraph Statistics of American Republics. 1925. Google
Berg. Broadcasting on the Short Waves, 1945 to Today. McFarland. 2008. Pages 44, 51, 58, 112, 117, 142, 182, 250, 276, 284, 309, 328, 361 and 402.
External links
Interreg Caribbean
French Guiana, SubmarineCableMap.com