Cyprus - Communications
Geography - People - Economy - Government - Communications - Transportation - Military - Transnational IssuesCyprus is located Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey. The climate is temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters. The terrain is central plain with mountains to north and south; scattered but significant plains along southern coast.
Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use - area under government control : 376,000 (2007); area administered by
Telephones - main lines in use - Turkish Cypriots : 86,228 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular - area under government control : 962,200 (2007); area administered by
Telephones - mobile cellular - Turkish Cypriots : 147,522 (2002)
Telephone system
This entry includes a brief general assessment of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entryTelephone system - general assessment : excellent in both area under government control and area administered by Turkish Cypriots
Telephone system - domestic : open-wire, fiber-optic cable, and microwave radio relay
Telephone system - international : country code - 357 (area administered by Turkish Cypriots uses the country code of Turkey - 90); a number of submarine cables, including the SEA-ME-WE-3, combine to provide connectivity to Western Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; tropospheric scatter; satellite earth stations - 8 (3 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean, 2 Eutelsat, 2 Intersputnik, and 1 Arabsat)
Radio broadcast stations
This entry includes the total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.Radio broadcast stations - area under government control : AM 5, FM 76, shortwave 0
Radio broadcast stations - area administered by Turkish Cypriots : AM 1, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2004)
Radios
Radios - Greek Cypriot area : 310,000 (1997); Turkish Cypriot area
Television broadcast stations
Television broadcast stations - area under government control : 8
Television broadcast stations - area administered by Turkish Cypriots : 2 (plus 4 relay) (2004)
Televisions
Televisions - Greek Cypriot area : 248,000 (1997); Turkish Cypriot area
Internet country code
This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).Internet country code : .cy
Internet hosts
This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.Internet hosts : 143,099 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 6 (2000)
Internet users
This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.Internet users : 380,000 (2007)
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