Telecommunications in Cape Verde

Communications in Cape Verde.
Telephones - main lines in use: 72 764
Telephones - mobile cellular: 496 900
Telephone system:
general assessment: effective system, extensive modernization from 1996-2000 following partial privatization in 1995
domestic: major service provider is Cabo Verde Telecom ; fiber-optic ring, completed in 2001, links all islands providing Internet access and ISDN services; cellular service introduced in 1998; broadband services launched in 2004
international: country code - 238; landing point for the Atlantis-2 fiber-optic transatlantic telephone cable that provides links to South America, Senegal, and Europe; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 22, shortwave 0
Television broadcast stations: 5
Internet service providers : 4
Internet Users: 150 000
Internet Hosts: 7 308
Country code: CV