Telecommunications in the Falkland Islands

Template:Short description Telecommunications in the Falkland Islands includes radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.

Radio and television

• Radio: Radio services provided by the public broadcaster, Falkland Islands Radio Service, broadcasting on both AM and FM frequencies, and by the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) (2007).<ref name=CIAWFB-Falklands-2013>"Communications: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)", World Factbook, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 3 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.</ref>
• Radio sets: 1,000 (1997).Template:Update after

• Television: TV service provided by a multi-channel service provider (2007).<ref name=CIAWFB-Falklands-2013/>
• Television sets: 1,008 (2001).Template:Update after

Six free-to-air digital channels are provided by BFBS: BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, Channel 4, Sky News and BFBS Extra for non-military audiences. Entitled personnel within British Forces South Atlantic can also receive Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2 and BFBS Sport.<ref>The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) has started a new contract to deliver television and radio programmes to the UK Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence, 2 April 2013</ref>

A local subscription service, KTV carries satellite channels such as ESPN, Discovery, CNN International and Turner Classic Movies (from the United States) along with BBC World News from the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Telephones

• Calling code: +500<ref name=CIAWFB-Falklands-2013/>
• International call prefix: 00<ref>Dialing Procedures (International Prefix, National (Trunk) Prefix and National (Significant) Number) (in Accordance with ITY-T Recommendation E.164 (11/2010)), Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin No. 994-15.XII.2011, International Telecommunication Union (ITU, Geneva), 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.</ref>
• Main lines: 1,980 lines in use (2012), 218th in the world.<ref name=CIAWFB-Falklands-2013/>
• Mobile cellular: 3,450 lines, 216th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-Falklands-2013/> Cable & Wireless launched "Touch" a GSM 900 mobile service during December 2005; Roaming became partially available in April 2007 depending on providers.Template:Citation needed
• Domestic: Government-operated radiotelephone and private VHF/CB radiotelephone networks provide effective service to almost all points on both islands (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-Falklands-2013/> Services in Stanley are delivered via fibre optic and copper.Template:Citation needed Telephone penetration by household is 100%.Template:Citation needed
• Satellite earth station: 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) with links through the United Kingdom to other countries (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-Falklands-2013/>

Internet

• Top-level domain: .fk<ref name=CIAWFB-Falklands-2013/>
• Internet users: 2,842 users, 208th in the world; 96.9% of the population, 1st in the world (2012).<ref name=NIUCalc>Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" Template:Webarchive, Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013</ref><ref name=ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet>"Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012", International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013</ref>
• Fixed broadband: 1,187 subscriptions, 179th in the world; 40.5% of the population, 5th in the world (2012).<ref name=NIUCalc/><ref name="FixedBroadbandITUDynamic2012">"Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012", Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>
• Wireless broadband: unknown (2012).<ref name="MobleBroadbandITUDynamic2012">"Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012", Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>
• Internet hosts: 110 hosts, 207th in the world (2012).<ref name=CIAWFB-Falklands-2013/>
• Internet Service Providers (ISPs): Sure South Atlantic (formerly Cable & Wireless).<ref name=SureHistory>Sure Falkland Islands History, Sure South Atlantic. Retrieved 5 January 2014.</ref>
• ADSL services were launched in Stanley in mid-2006.<ref name=SureHistory/>

External links

• KTV, website.
• Station History, Falkland Islands Radio Service (FIRS).
• How it all started, Saint FM (Falklands).
• Sure Falkland Islands History, Sure South Atlantic, the successor to Cable & Wireless.