Telecommunications in the Federated States of Micronesia
This article is about communications systems in the Federated States of Micronesia.
In 2010, Pohnpei State was connected to the Internet using the HANTRU-1 undersea cable to provide high-speed bandwidth. Kosrae State, Chuuk State, and Yap State, were planned to be connected in a second phase.[1]
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Telephone [edit]
Main lines in use: 8,000 (1995)
Mobile cellular: NA
Telephone system:
domestic: islands interconnected by shortwave radiotelephone (used mostly for government purposes)
international: satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Radio [edit]
Broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2011)
Stations below are included in the total: AM Radio stations:
- AM 999 V6AF - (Pohnpei)
- AM 1350 V6A - Baptist Radio - Moen (Chuuk) FM.. religious-Baptist
- AM 1449 V6AH - Radio V6AH - Kolonia (Pohnpei) FM.. religious-Christian
- AM 1494 V6AI - Radio Yap - Colonia (Yap)
- AM 1503 V6AJ - Voice of Kosrae - Tofol (Kosrae) FM.. English, Kosraen
- AM 1593 V6AK - (Moen)
FM Radio stations:
- FM 88.1 V6BC (Truk)
- FM 88.1 V6AI-FM (Moen)
- FM 88.5 BWXX-FM
- FM 88.5 V6MA Bible Baptist Church Radio (Weno, Chuuk)
- FM 88.9 V6JY (Yap)
- FM 89.5 V6AK-FM Radio - Moen (Chuuk) FM English, Chuukese
- FM 89.7 V6AA (Yap)
- FM 101.1 V6AV (Yap)
- FM 104.1 V6AF-FM - Kolonia (Pohnpei) FM.. religious-Christian
There is also a shortwave relay of 88.5 FM, V6MP.
Radios: NA
Television [edit]
Broadcast stations:
- KPON 7 Kolonia (Pohnpei, 1 kW)
- TTKK 7 Moen (Truk, 0.1 kW)
- WAAB 7 (Government station) Colonia (Yap, 1 kW) - (1997)
Several Honolulu local stations are available on cable (converted from ATSC to DVB-T): KHON-TV (Fox), KITV-TV (ABC), KHNL-TV (NBC) and KGMB-TV (CBS).
Televisions: NA
Internet [edit]
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1[2]
Country code: FM
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