Cape Verde:
Communications & Transportation


Telephones - main lines in use	71,600 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular	108,900 (2006)
Telephone system	general assessment: effective system, extensive modernization from 1996-2000 following partial privatization in 1995 domestic: major service provider is Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT); fiber-optic ring, completed in 2001, links all islands providing Internet access and ISDN services; cellular service introduced in 1998; broadband services launched in 2004 international: country code - 238; landing point for the Atlantis-2 fiber-optic transatlantic telephone cable that provides links to South America, Senegal, and Europe; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)
Radio broadcast stations	AM 0, FM 22 (plus 12 repeaters), shortwave 0 (2001)
Television broadcast stations	1 (plus 7 repeaters) (2001)
Internet country code	.cv
Internet hosts	344 (2007)
Internet users	29,000 (2005)

Airports	8 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 8 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 1 (2007)
Roadways	total: 1,350 km paved: 932 km unpaved: 418 km (2000)
Merchant marine	total: 8 ships (1000 GRT or over) 13,922 GRT/7,726 DWT by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, passenger/cargo 5 foreign-owned: 2 (Spain 1, UK 1) (2007)
Ports and terminals	Mindelo, Praia, Tarrafal