Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total: 2,728 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 35 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 1,267 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: can communicate worldwide domestic: automatic digital network international: country code (Saint Helena) - 290, (Ascension Island) - 247; international direct dialing; satellite voice and data communications; satellite earth stations - 5 (Ascension Island - 4, Saint Helena - 1) (2010) |
Broadcast media | Saint Helena has no local TV station; 2 local radio stations, one of which is relayed to Ascension Island; satellite TV stations rebroadcast terrestrially; Ascension Island has no local TV station but has 1 local radio station and receives relays of broad (2007) |
Internet country code | .sh; note - Ascension Island assigned .ac |
Internet users | total: 1,800 percent of population: 23.1% (July 2015 est.) |
Communications - note | South Africa maintains a meteorological station on Gough Island |