Palau - Communications

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Palau is located Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines. The climate is tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November. The terrain is varying geologically from the high, mountainous main island of Babelthuap to low, coral islands usually fringed by large barrier reefs.

Telephones

Telephones - main lines in use : 6,700 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 1,000 (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 entry
Telephone system - general assessment : NA
Telephone system - domestic : NA
Telephone system - international : country code - 680; satellite earth station - 1 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 4, shortwave 1 (2001)

Radios

Radios : 12,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations

Television broadcast stations : 1 (cable) (2005)

Televisions

Televisions : 11,000 (1997)

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 : .pw

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 : 0 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 1 (2002)

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