Northern Mariana Islands - Communications
Geography - People - Economy - Government - Communications - Transportation - Military - Transnational IssuesNorthern Mariana Islands is located Oceania, islands in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines. The climate is tropical marine; moderated by northeast trade winds, little seasonal temperature variation; dry season December to June, rainy season July to October. The terrain is southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing coral reefs; northern islands are volcanic.
Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use : 21,000 (2000)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 20,500 (2004)
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 : NA
Telephone system - domestic : NA
Telephone system - international : country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations
This entry includes the total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.Radio broadcast stations : AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 1 (2005)
Radios
Radios : NA
Television broadcast stations
Television broadcast stations : 1 (on Saipan; in addition, 2 cable services on Saipan provide varied programming from satellite networks) (2006)
Televisions
Televisions : NA
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 : .mp
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 : 6 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 1 (2001)
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 : 10,000 (2003)
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