Editing Telecommunications in Saint Lucia

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'''Telecommunications in [[Saint Lucia]]''' include [[interne]]t, [[radio]], [[television]], and [[mobile telephone|mobile]] and [[landline]] phones.

==Internet==
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Saint Lucia's [[country code top-level domain]] is [[.lc]]. Prior to the 21st century internet was available only by satellite.  As of 2000, there were 5 [[Internet service provider]]s serving the country. 90% of the city population has an internet connection but rural villages are only rarely connected. An average internet contract costs $42.99 per month.{{cn|date=September 2023}} {{clarification needed|date=December 2024}}

==Telephone==
As of 2008, approximately 90,000 landlines and 100,000 mobile cellular lines were in use.

Also as of 2008, the telephone system consisted of two parts:
* ''Domestic:'' System is automatically switched.
* ''International:'' Submarine fibre optic link with [[Martinique]] (France), [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]] and [[Barbados]].

Saint Lucia is part of the [[North American Numbering Plan]] with [[area code 758]]. although the original [[area code 809]] numbers may still be used.{{cn|date=March 2025}} Under the 809 area code, in 2020 there were a total of 241,000 phone connections with 203,000 of them being mobile connections.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telecommunication in Saint Lucia |url=https://www.worlddata.info/america/saint-lucia/telecommunication.php |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Worlddata.info |language=en}}</ref>

==Radio==
Radio broadcasts in St. Lucia were initially provided by the [[Windward Islands Broadcasting Service]] (WIBS) during 1954–1972.<ref name=surlin>{{cite book |editor1-last=Surlin |editor1-first=Stuart H. |editor2-last=Soderlund |editor2-first=Walter C. |title=Mass Media and the Caribbean |date=1990 |publisher=Gordon and Breach |isbn=2-88124-447-5 |pages=100–101 |chapter-url=https://google.com/books/edition/Mass_Media_and_the_Caribbean/Jzyf1kaLihkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=HTS+St.+Lucia&pg=PA101&printsec=frontcover |access-date=2023-10-16 |chapter=St. Lucia |chapter-url-access=registration |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> The locally established [[Radio Caribbean International]] has served the island since 1961,<ref name=surlin/> while the government-owned<ref name=surlin/> [[Radio St. Lucia]] broadcast from 1972 until 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/did-you-know-274/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512021031/https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/did-you-know-274/ |last=Aimable |first=Anselma |title=Did you know? |publisher=St. Lucia News Online |date=2017-05-09 |access-date=2023-10-16 |archive-date=2017-05-12}}</ref><ref name="closure">{{Cite news |url=https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/fedee-addresses-issues-surrounding-closure-of-radio-saint-lucia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117160914/https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/fedee-addresses-issues-surrounding-closure-of-radio-saint-lucia/ |title=Fedee addresses issues surrounding closure of Radio Saint Lucia |work=St. Lucia News Online |date=2017-08-02 |access-date=2023-10-16 |archive-date=2019-11-17}}</ref>
*'''[[Radio]] broadcast stations:''' AM 2, FM 7 (plus 3 repeaters), shortwave 0 (1998), includes [[VQH-AM]] 660
*'''Radios:''' 111,000 (1997)

==Television==
Launched in 1966, the privately owned Saint Lucia Television Station (SLTV) was the first service of its kind in the country; it relayed programming from the [[Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation]] (CBC) of Barbados. In 1981, it was succeeded by the [[Helen Television Service]] (HTS), whose schedule consisted of American content sourced from satellite.<ref name=surlin/>

*'''[[Television]] broadcast stations:''' 3 (of which two are commercial stations and one is a community antenna television or CATV channel) (1997)
*'''Televisions:''' 100,000 (2005)

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.ntrcslu.lc/}}
* [https://www.ectel.int/ Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority] (ECTEL)
* [https://www.submarinecablemap.com/country/saint-lucia Saint Lucia], SubmarineCableMap.com

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