Aruba: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 35,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 31 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 141,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 126 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: modern fully automatic telecommunications system domestic: increased competition through privatization has increased mobile-cellular teledensity to over 125 per 100 persons; 3 mobile-cellular service providers are now licensed international: country code - 297; landing site for the PAN-AM submarine telecommunications cable system that extends from the US Virgin Islands through Aruba to Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and the west coast of South America; extensive interisland microwave radio rela (2015) |
Broadcast media | 2 commercial TV stations; cable TV subscription service provides access to foreign channels; about 20 commercial radio stations broadcast (2007) |
Internet country code | .aw |
Internet users | total: 99,000 percent of population: 88.7% (July 2015 est.) |