Telecommunications in Dominica
Telecommunications in Dominica comprises telephone, radio, television and internet services. The primary regulatory authority is the National Telecommunication Regulatory Commission[1] which regulates all related industries to comply with The Telecommunications Act 8 of 2000.
Telephony
[edit]Calls from Dominica to the US, Canada, and other NANP Caribbean nations, are dialed as 1 + NANP area code + 7-digit number. Calls from Dominica to non-NANP countries are dialed as 011 + country code + phone number with local area code.
- Telephone system
- Domestic: fully automatic network
- International: microwave radio relay and SHF radiotelephone links to Martinique and Guadeloupe; VHF and UHF radiotelephone links to Saint Lucia
- Number formatting
- Telephone code: 767
- Number Format: nxx-xxxx
- Country Code: +1767
- International Call Prefix: 011 (outside NANP)
- Mobile cellular service providers
Radio
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- Radio broadcast stations
AM 0, FM 15, shortwave 0 (2007)
- Radios
46,000 (1997)
Television
[edit] | This section needs additional citations for verification. (May 2019) |
- Television broadcast stations
0 (however, there are three cable television companies, Dominica Broadcast, Marpin Telecoms[2] and Digicel Play – a merger of Digicel and SAT Telecommunications Ltd.[3][4])
- Televisions
11,000 (2007)
Internet service providers
[edit]- Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
- Cable & Wireless Dominica Ltd (DSL)
- Digicel Play (Cable & FTTP)
- Marpin Telecoms (Cable)
- Internet code
- .dm
References
[edit]- ^ "National Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, retrieved 27 May 2019".
- ^ "Marpin Telecoms & Broadcasting". Archived from the original on 25 August 2006. Retrieved 20 August 2006.
- ^ "BUSINESS BYTE: SAT Telecommunications becomes Digicel Play". Dominica News Online.
- ^ "SAT Telecommunications Ltd - Home". Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Dominica, E.C. Tel
- Dominica, SubmarineCableMap.com
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