British Virgin Islands Communications 2008

Telephones - main lines in use:
11,700 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
8,000 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: worldwide telephone service
domestic: NA
international: country code - 1-284; connected via submarine cable to Bermuda; the East Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS) optic submarine cable provides connectivity to 13 other islands in the eastern Caribbean (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (plus 1 cable company) (1997)

Internet country code:
.vg

Internet hosts:
490 (2007)