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Telephones - main lines in use
25,000 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular
10,000 (2004)
Telephone system
general assessment: good inter-island and international connections
domestic: inter-island links via Eastern Caribbean Fiber Optic cable; construction of enhanced wireless infrastructure launched in November 2004
international: country code - 1-869; international calls are carried by submarine cable or Intelsat
Radio broadcast stations
AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2003)
Television broadcast stations
1 (plus 3 repeaters) (2003)
Internet country code
.kn
Internet hosts
45 (2007)
Internet users
10,000 (2002)
Airports
2 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways
total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007)
Railways
total: 50 km
narrow gauge: 50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts for tourists (2006)
Roadways
total: 320 km
paved: 138 km
unpaved: 182 km (1999 est)
Merchant marine
total: 104 ships (1000 GRT or over) 465,056 GRT/663,511 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 66, chemical tanker 8, container 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 15, refrigerated cargo 5, roll on/roll off 2, specialized tanker 2
foreign-owned: 76 (Belgium 1, Egypt 2, Estonia 1, Greece 2, India 1, Iran 1, Latvia 4, Monaco 1, Romania 1, Russia 14, Spain 1, Syria 5, Tanzania 1, Turkey 13, Ukraine 5, UAE 22, Yemen 1) (2007)
Ports and terminals
Basseterre, Charlestown


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