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Cuba Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
574,400 (2002 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
17,900 (2002 est.)
Telephone system:
general assessment:
greater investment beginning in 1994 and the establishment of a new Ministry of Information Technology and Communications in 2000 has resulted in improvements in the system; wireless service is expensive and remains restricted to foreigners and regime elites, many Cubans procure wireless service illegally with the help of foreigners
domestic:
national fiber-optic system under development; 85% of switches digitized by end of 2004; telephone line density remains low, at 10 per 100 inhabitants; domestic cellular service expanding
international:
country code - 53; fiber-optic cable laid to but not linked to US network; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 169 , FM 55 , shortwave 1 (1998 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
58 (1997 est.)
Internet country code:
.cu
Internet hosts:
1,529 (2003 est.)
Internet users:
120,000
note: Private citizens are prohibited from buying computers or accessing the Internet without special authorization; foreigners may access the Internet in large hotels, but are subject to firewalls; some Cubans buy illegal passwords on the black market, or take advantage of public outlets to access limited email and the government-controlled "intranet" (2004)
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