Editing Martinique (section)

===Communications===
The [[country code top-level domain]] for Martinique is [[.mq]], but [[.fr]] is often used instead. The [[List of country calling codes|country code for international dialling]] is 596.  The entire island uses a single area code (also 596) for landline phones and 696 for cell phones.  (596 is dialled twice when calling a Martinique landline from another country.)<ref name="Phones">{{citation|title=Martinique Telephones|url=http://martinique-guide.info/travel.basics/telephones/|year=2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429193507/http://martinique-guide.info/travel.basics/telephones/|publisher=IIWINC|access-date=23 April 2013|archive-date=29 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== Mobile telephony ====
There are three mobile telephone networks in Martinique: Orange, SFR Caraïbe and Digicel. The arrival of Free, in partnership with Digicel, was planned for 2020.45

According to Arcep, by mid-2018, Martinique is 99% covered by [[4G]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Quelle couverture mobile Outre-mer ? [DATA] |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/quelle-couverture-mobile-outre-mer-data-607801.html |access-date=31 July 2021 |website=Outre-mer la 1ère |date=10 July 2018 |language=fr-FR |archive-date=12 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712123935/https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/quelle-couverture-mobile-outre-mer-data-607801.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Television ====
The DTT package includes 10 free channels: 4 national channels of the [[France Télévisions]] group, the news channel [[France 24]], [[Arte]] and 4 local channels Martinique 1re, ViàATV, KMT Télévision. Zouk TV stopped broadcasting in April 2021 and will be subsequently replaced by Zitata TV, whose broadcasting is delayed following the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

Viewers in Martinique do not have free access to other free national channels in the [[Digital terrestrial television|DTT]] package in mainland France (TF1 group, M6 group, etc.).

Viewers in the [[Overseas France|French overseas territories]] also do not have free access to the public service cultural channel [[Culturebox]], which is not broadcast locally on DTT.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jonathan |title=(MàJ-3 : myCANAL) Concernant la diffusion de la chaîne éphémère " Culturebox " en Outre-Mer ! |url=http://actu-medias.info/2021/01/culturebox-pas-disponible-tnt-ultramarine.html |access-date=31 July 2021 |website=ActuMédias Outre-Mer |language=fr |archive-date=7 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307054754/https://actu-medias.info/2021/01/culturebox-pas-disponible-tnt-ultramarine.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[French language|French-language]] satellite package Canal+ Caraïbes is available in the [[territory]].

==== Telephone and Internet ====
In early 2019, Orange put into service "Kanawa", a new submarine cable linking Martinique to French Guiana.

Martinique is also connected by other submarine cables: ECFS (en), Americas-2 (en) and Southern [[Caribbean]] Fiber.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lausson |first=Julien |date=2 February 2017 |title=Orange annonce un câble sous-marin de 5 Tbits/s dans les DOM-TOM pour 2018 |url=https://www.numerama.com/tech/229295-orange-annonce-un-cable-sous-marin-de-5-tbitss-dans-les-dom-tom-pour-2018.html |access-date=31 July 2021 |website=Numerama |language=fr-FR |archive-date=12 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712123927/https://www.numerama.com/tech/229295-orange-annonce-un-cable-sous-marin-de-5-tbitss-dans-les-dom-tom-pour-2018.html |url-status=live }}</ref>