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Encyclopedia > Communications in Antarctica

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Telephone

Telephones - main lines in use: 0
(note: information for US bases only (2001)) Look up Telephone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


Telephones - mobile cellular: NA; Iridium system in use An Iridium phone (without the aerial) The Iridium satellite constellation is a system of 66 active communication satellites and spares around the Earth. ...


Telephone system:
general assessment: local systems at some research stations
domestic: NA
international: via satellite from some research stations


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Television

Television broadcast stations: 1 (cable system with six channels; American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo)
(note: information for US bases only (2002))


Televisions: several hundred at McMurdo Station (US)
(note: information for US bases only (2001))


Internet

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): a fiber cable on polar plateau planned to finish in 2009 [1] 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Country code (Top level domain): AQ


Argentine bases in general: Marambio base has wireless internet and 2 mobile phones servers


See also

References

The World Factbook 2006 (government edtion) cover. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge&#8212;writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others&#8212;in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...

External links

  • 'A' Net Station - Streaming MP3 commercial free web radio station in Antarctica featuring mostly acoustic artists.

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