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Costa Rica Communications:

Telephones — main lines in use:
1.13 million (2002 est.)

Telephones — mobile cellular:
528,047 (2002 est.)

Telephone system:
general assessment: good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; restricted cellular telephone service
domestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available
international: country code - 506; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); two submarine cables (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 65 , FM 51 , shortwave 19 (2002 est.)

Television broadcast stations:
20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002 est.)

Internet country code:
.cr

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Internet hosts:
10,826 (2003 est.)

Internet users:
800,000 (2002 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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