Encyclopedia > Communications in Antigua and Barbuda
Telephones - main lines in use: 20,000 (1994)
Telephones - mobile cellular: APUA PCS, Cable & Wireless, Cingular Wireless
Telephone system: domestic: good automatic telephone system international: 3 fiber optic submarine cables (2 to St.Kitts and 1 to Guadeloupe); satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 6, shortwave 0
Radios: 36,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997)
Televisions: 31,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): Cable & Wireless, Antigua Computer Technologies(ACT)
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Antigua (pronounced An-tee'ga) and Barbuda are located in the middle of the Leeward Islands in the Eastern Caribbean, roughly 17 degrees north of the equator.
Antigua and Barbuda is a Commonwealth Realm and the head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who is represented in Antigua and Barbuda by a governor general.