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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 183
26,800 (2010)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 198
46,800 (2010)
Telephone system
General assessment Good overall telephone service
Domestic Fixed line connections exceed 80 per 100 persons and mobile cellular subscribership is roughly 150 per 100 persons International Country code - 1-284; connected via submarine cable to Bermuda; the East Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS) submarine cable provides connectivity to 13 other islands in the eastern Caribbean (2011) Broadcast media
1 private TV station; multi-channel TV is available from cable and satellite subscription services; about a half dozen private radio stations (2007) Internet country code
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Internet hosts World Ranking: 181
505 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 206
4,000 (2002)
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British Virgin Islands [ United Kingdom ] (Overseas Territory):
 
GPS points from British Virgin Islands [ United Kingdom ] (Overseas Territory)
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First inhabited by Arawak and later by Carib Indians, the Virgin Islands were settled by the Dutch in 1648 and then annexed by the English in 1672. The islands were part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from 1872-1960; they were granted autonomy in 1967. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency.