Telecommunications in French Guiana

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates There are telecommunications in French Guiana.

Telephones

In 1923, there were 117 telephones in use, with 241 miles of wire.<ref name=Meehan>Meehan. The Guianas: Commercial and Economic Survey. Trade Information Bulletin No 516. November 1927. p 28.</ref> The number of telephones was approximately 6,800 by 1975,<ref name=WFB75>The National Basic Intelligence Factbook, July 1975, p 69</ref> approximately 13,700 by 1982<ref name=WFB82>The World Factbook 1982, p 76</ref> and 18,100 by 1989.<ref name=WFB88>The World Factbook 1989, p 101</ref> There were 47,000 telephone main lines in use in 1995,<ref name=WFB00>The World Factbook 2000, p 175</ref> and 51,000 in 2001.<ref name=WFB05>The World Factbook 2005, p 197</ref> There were 138,200 mobile cellular phones in 2002.<ref name=WFB05/>

Telephone system:
domestic: fair open wire and microwave radio relay system<ref name=WFB00/>
international: satellite earth station – 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)<ref name=WFB00/>

Telegraphs

In 1923, there were nine telegraph offices, with 205 miles of wire.<ref name=Meehan/>

Radio

Radio Cayenne began to broadcast on 9 June 1951,<ref>Emile Lanou. Itinéraire de la musique instrumentale en Guyane. Editions Anne C. 1999. p 83. Serge Mam-Lam-Fouck. Histoire de la Guyane contemporaine, 1940-1982: les mutations économiques, sociales et politiques. Editions caribéennes. 1992. p 129.</ref> with regular broadcasts from January 1953.<ref>Berg. Broadcasting on the Short Waves, 1945 to Today. 2008. p 112.</ref> In 1998, radio stations were broadcast on AM 2, FM 14 (including 6 repeaters) and shortwave 6 (including 5 repeaters).<ref name=WFB00/> There were 7,100 radio receivers by 1975.<ref name=WFB75/> There were 104,000 radios in 1997.<ref name=WFB00/>

Television

There were three television stations (plus eight low-power repeaters) in 1997.<ref name=WFB00/> There were 3,000 television receivers by 1975.<ref name=WFB75/> There were 30,000 televisions in 1997.<ref name=WFB00/>

Internet

There number of internet users was 2,000 in 2000,<ref name=WFB04>The World Factbook 2004, p 190</ref> and 3,200 in 2002.<ref name=WFB05/> There were two internet service providers in 2000.<ref name=WFB04/>

The top-level domain country code is .gf.<ref name=WFB00/>

See also

• French Guiana
• Telecommunications in France

References

• Robert Ladel, "French Guiana — Telecommunications" (1956) 10 The Caribbean (Port-of-Spain) 33 to 34 (No 2, September 1956)
• "Broadcasting and Communications" in "French Guiana". South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2003. 11th Edition. Europa Publications. 2002. p 416.
• "Telecommunications" in "French Guiana". Caribbean Basin Profile. Caribbean Publishing Company. 1998. p 202. Google
• Donald G Moore. "French Guiana". The Importance of Telecommunications to a Modern Latin America. Michigan State University, Department of Telecommunication. 1982. pp 441 to 448. See also pp 370, 384, 457, 461 and 462. Google
• A Guide to Telecommunications Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean. US Department of Commerce. 1996. p 144, 291 and 292. Google
• Peter Curwen and Jason Whalley. Mobile Telecommunications in a High-Speed World. Gower Publishing. 2010. Routledge. 2016. pp 46 and 66.
• "French Guiana". Global Connect! pp 180 and 181. See also pp 7, 19 and 34.
• Louise Gagne (ed). Telecommunications Directory. 17th Edition. Thomson Gale. 2007. Volume 2 (International). pp 634, 690, 697, 700, 709 and 775.
• Minago et al. "3.8 French Guiana" in "Revision of the 5G Concept Rollout and Its Application in Smart Cities". Proceedings of the 7th Brazilian Technology Symposium. p 234. See also p 237.
• Telephone and Telegraph Statistics of American Republics. 1925. Google
• Berg. Broadcasting on the Short Waves, 1945 to Today. McFarland. 2008. Pages 44, 51, 58, 112, 117, 142, 182, 250, 276, 284, 309, 328, 361 and 402.

External links

• Interreg Caribbean
• French Guiana, SubmarineCableMap.com