Telephone

Telephone

The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...

Telephones - main lines in use: 38,700 (2006)

country comparison to the world: 166

Telephones - mobile cellular: 105,700 (2006)

country comparison to the world: 178

Telephone system:

general assessment: modern fully automatic telecommunications system

domestic: increasing competition through privatization; 3 wireless service providers are now licensed

international: 1 submarine cable to Sint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles); extensive inter-island microwave radio relay links. Satellite connection with the rest of the world are also available.

Radio

Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 16, shortwave 0 (2004)

Radios: 50,000 (1997)

Internet

Internet

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

Internet country code: .aw

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): Setarnet, Aruba Wireless (2003), Rainbownet (2004)

International Carriers: IP Globalcom N.V. (2008)

Internet hosts: 17,611 (2008)

country comparison to the world: 97

Internet users: 24,000 (2007)

country comparison to the world: 183

As of May 2007, the whole island of Aruba has WIFI 3G internet connection.