Editing Isle of Man (section)

=== Communications ===
{{Main|Communications on the Isle of Man}}

[[File:cmglee_Douglas_Isle_of_Man_aerial_view.jpg|thumb|{{{1|right}}}|Aerial view of Douglas and the southern half of the Isle of Man]]
The main telephone provider on the Isle of Man is [[Manx Telecom]]. The island has two mobile operators: Manx Telecom, previously known as Manx Pronto, and [[Sure (company)|Sure]]. [[Cloud9 (service provider)|Cloud9]] operated as a third mobile operator on the island for a short time but has since withdrawn.<ref>{{cite web |title=Telecompaper |url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/isle-of-man-operators-launch-mobile-number-portability--673548 |access-date=2 June 2022 |website=telecompaper.com |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602141904/https://www.telecompaper.com/news/isle-of-man-operators-launch-mobile-number-portability--673548 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Broadband internet services are available through four local providers: Wi-Manx, Domicilium, Manx Computer Bureau and [[Manx Telecom]], non-local offerings have begun to offer coverage with recent investment from [[Starlink]] which is available island wide. The island does not have its own [[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]] [[list of country calling codes|country code]] but is accessed via the British country code (+44). Telephone numbers are part of the [[Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom|British telephone numbering plan]], with local dialling codes 01624 for landlines and 07524, 07624 and 07924 for mobiles. Calls to the island from the UK, however, are generally charged differently from those within the UK and may or may not be included in any "inclusive minutes" packages.<ref>{{cite web |title=Phone Tariff Residential |url=http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumer/assets/downloads/BT_PhoneTariff_Residential.pdf |website=BT.com |publisher=[[BT Group]] |access-date=30 May 2017 |archive-date=14 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914151455/http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumer/assets/downloads/BT_PhoneTariff_Residential.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Calling abroad from the UK |url=http://international.o2.co.uk/internationaltariffs/calling_abroad_from_uk |website=O2.com |publisher=Telefónica Europe |access-date=30 May 2017 |archive-date=25 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525225346/http://international.o2.co.uk/internationaltariffs/calling_abroad_from_uk |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1996, the Isle of Man Government obtained permission to use the [[.im]] national [[top-level domain]] (TLD) and has ultimate responsibility for its use. The domain is managed from day to day by Domicilium, an island-based internet service provider. In December 2007, the [[Manx Electricity Authority]] and its telecommunications subsidiary, e-llan Communications, commissioned the laying of a new fibre-optic link that connects the island to a worldwide fibre-optic network. In August 2021 it was reported that [[Elon Musk]]'s satellite internet service, [[Starlink]], had been granted a licence to operate from a ground station on the island.

The Isle of Man has three radio stations: [[Manx Radio]], [[Energy FM (Isle of Man)|Energy FM]] and 3FM.

There is no insular television service, but local transmitters retransmit British mainland digital broadcasts via the free-to-air [[digital terrestrial]] service [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]]. The Isle of Man is served by [[BBC North West]] for [[BBC One]] and [[BBC Two]] television services, and [[ITV Granada]] for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].

Many television services are available by satellite, such as [[Sky (UK & Ireland)|Sky]] and [[Freesat]] from the group of satellites at [[Astra 28.2°E|28.2° East]], as well as services from a range of other satellites around Europe such as the [[SES Astra|Astra]] satellites at [[Astra 19.2°E|19.2° east]] and [[Hot Bird]].

The Isle of Man has three newspapers, all weeklies and owned by [[Isle of Man Newspapers]], a division of the Edinburgh media company [[Johnston Press]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Business |url=http://www.johnstonpress.co.uk/jpplc/ourbusiness/publishingdivision/division.jsp |access-date=12 September 2011 |publisher=Johnston Press}}{{dead link|date=March 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The ''[[Isle of Man Courier]]'' (distribution 36,318) is free and distributed to homes on the island. The other two newspapers are ''[[Isle of Man Examiner]]'' (circulation 13,276) and the ''[[Manx Independent]]'' (circulation 12,255).<ref>{{cite web |title=Isle of Man Newspapers |url=http://www.iomtoday.co.im/newspaper.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822194758/http://www.iomtoday.co.im/newspaper.aspx |archive-date=22 August 2008 |access-date=4 September 2008 |website=IOMToday |publisher=[[Isle of Man Newspapers]]}}</ref>

Postal services are the responsibility of the [[Isle of Man Post Office]], which took over from the UK's [[General Post Office]] in 1973. Independent postal services such as [[DHL]], [[FedEx]] and [[Hermes Europe]] are also present.