Kiribati Communications 2007

Telephones - main lines in use:
4,500 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
600 (2004)

Telephone system:
general assessment: generally good quality national and international service
domestic: wire line service available on Tarawa and Kiritimati (Christmas Island); connections to outer islands by HF/VHF radiotelephone; wireless service available in Tarawa since 1999
international: country code - 686; Kiribati is being linked to the Pacific Ocean Cooperative Telecommunications Network, which should improve telephone service; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (may be inactive) (2002)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (possibly inactive) (2002)

Internet country code:
.ki

Internet hosts:
41 (2007)