Telecommunications

Telephones - main lines in use: 51,000 (1999) This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Telephones - mobile cellular: NA

Telephone system:
domestic: landline, telefax mobile cellular telephone system
international: fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, satellite earth station, submarine cable Fax (short for facsimile - from Latin fac simile, make similar, i. ... Fiber Optic strands An optical fiber in American English or fibre in British English is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. ... This page is about the radiation; for the appliance, see microwave oven. ... A satellite is an object that orbits another object (known as its primary). ...

Country calling code: 44 1624 (landlines); 44 7624 (mobiles) This is a list of country calling codes, also known as international direct dialing (IDD) codes, which are needed to access international telephone services. ...

• Manx Telecom

Broadcasting

• Manx Radio
• Energy FM
• 3 FM

Establishment of a local TV service is under consideration. Although residents pay the UK television licence fee, the BBC does not provide any local services on radio, TV, or online. The Isle of Man is covered by the BBC North West region, which occasionally features local news items, as does Border Television, whose ITV franchise covers the Island. A television licence is an official licence required in some countries for all owners of a television receiver. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Border Television is the ITV franchisee for the border region between England and Scotland, and also the Crown Dependency of Isle of Man. ... Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ...

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998), a longwave station is planned (Musicmann279) Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video signals (programs) to a number of recipients (listeners or viewers) that belong to a large group. ... Longwave radio frequencies are those below 500 kHz, which correspond to wavelengths longer than 600 meters. ... MusicMann 279 is the provisional name of a proposed longwave radio station broadcasting from the Isle of Man to the UK, Ireland, and parts of mainland Europe. ...

Television broadcast stations: 0 (receives broadcasts from the United Kingdom and satellite) (1999)

Televisions: 27,490 (1999)

See also : Isle of Man