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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 216
3,700 (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 206
25,100 (2004)
Telephone system
General assessment
Fully digital system with international direct dialing Domestic Full range of services available; GSM wireless service available International Country code - 1-649; the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber optic telecommunications submarine cable provides connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) Broadcast media
No local terrestrial TV stations, broadcasts from the Bahamas can be received and multi-channel cable and satellite TV services are available; government-run radio network operates alongside private broadcasters with a total of about 15 stations (2007) Internet country code
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Internet hosts World Ranking: 85
72,591 (2010)
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Turks And Caicos Islands [ United Kingdom ] (Overseas Territory):
 
GPS points from Turks And Caicos Islands [ United Kingdom ] (Overseas Territory)
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The islands were part of the UK's Jamaican colony until 1962, when they assumed the status of a separate crown colony upon Jamaica's independence. The governor of The Bahamas oversaw affairs from 1965 to 1973. With Bahamian independence, the islands received a separate governor in 1973. Although independence was agreed upon for 1982, the policy was reversed and the islands remain a British overseas territory.