Telephones - main lines in use 140,000 (1996)

Telephones - mobile cellular 7,911 (1997)

Telephone system
general assessment: inadequate system being upgraded by foreign investment
domestic: low-capacity microwave radio relay and wire system being expanded; connected to Central American Microwave System
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) and 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios 1.24 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations 3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions 320,000 (1997)

Internet country code .ni

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 3 (2000)

Internet users 20,000 (2000)

NOTE: The information regarding Nicaragua on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Nicaragua Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nicaragua Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.