Editing Telecommunications in Samoa

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Telecommunications systems in [[Samoa]] include telephone, radio, television and internet.

In 2009, the Samoa-[[American Samoa]] (SAS) Cable provided inter-island communication, as well as enabling users in Samoa to access the [[American Samoa Hawaii Cable|ASH cable]] capacity and connect to the global networks. While ASH Cable and SAS Cable are much smaller than the huge systems across the North Pacific, they will provide more than 40 times the capacity currently in use in both island groups combined.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samoaobserver.ws/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6361:cable-project-&catid=50:headline&Itemid=62
|title=Cable project in final phase|publisher=samoaobserver.ws|date=March 31, 2009}}</ref>

==Telephone==
{{See|Telephone numbers in Samoa}}

'''Main lines in use:'''
8,000 (2005)

'''Telephones - mobile cellular:'''
>30,000 (2005)

'''Telephone system:'''
<br>''domestic:''
GSM mobile phone network covering 90% of the country (2006) and a landline system covering 65% of country.
<br>''international:''
[[satellite]] earth station - 1 [[Intelsat]] ([[Pacific Ocean]])

==Radio==
'''[[Broadcasting|Broadcast]] stations:'''
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2005)

'''Radios:'''
90% of 23.098 households had at least one radio (2001 census)

==Television==
'''Broadcast stations:'''
3 (in process of switching from [[PAL]] broadcast standard to [[NTSC]]) (2005)

'''Televisions:'''
15,603 (2001 census)

==Internet==
'''[[Internet Service Provider]]s (ISPs):'''
3 (2005)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ipasifika.net/| title = iPasifika Samoa}}</ref>

'''[[Country code]] (Top level domain):''' .ws, .as

==References==

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[[Category:Telecommunications by country|Samoa]]
[[Category:Telecommunications in Oceania by country|Samoa]]