Dominican Republic Communications 2008

Telephones - main lines in use:
897,000 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
4.606 million (2006)

Telephone system:
general assessment: relatively efficient system based on island-wide microwave radio relay network
domestic: fixed telephone line density is about 10 per 100 persons; multiple providers of mobile cellular service with a subscribership of roughly 50 per 100 persons
international: country code - 1-809; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:
25 (2003)

Internet country code:
.do

Internet hosts:
81,218 (2007)