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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 219
2,600 (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 213
4,200 (2008)
Telephone system
General assessment Modern and fully digitalized
Domestic Combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 100 per 100 persons International Country code - 1-664; landing point for the East Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS) optic submarine cable with links to 13 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad Broadcast media
Radio Montserrat, a public radio broadcaster, transmits on 1 station and has a repeater transmission to a second station; repeater transmissions from the GEM Radio Network of Trinidad and Tobago provide another 2 radio stations; cable and satellite TV available (2007) Internet country code
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Internet hosts World Ranking: 160
2,470 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 212
1,200 (2009)
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Montserrat [ United Kingdom ] (Overseas Territory):
 
GPS points from Montserrat [ United Kingdom ] (Overseas Territory)
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English and Irish colonists from St. Kitts first settled on Montserrat in 1632; the first African slaves arrived three decades later. The British and French fought for possession of the island for most of the 18th century, but it finally was confirmed as a British possession in 1783. The island's sugar plantation economy was converted to small farm landholdings in the mid 19th century. Much of this island was devastated and two-thirds of the population fled abroad because of the eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano that began on 18 July 1995. Montserrat has endured volcanic activity since, with the last eruption occurring in July 2003.