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(note: information for US bases only (2001))

Telephones - mobile cellular:
NA; Iridium system in use

Telephone system:

''general assessment:''
local systems at some research stations

''domestic:''
NA

''international:''
via satellite from some research stations

Radio broadcast stations:
AM: NA,
FM: 2,
shortwave: 1

(note: information for US bases only (2002))

Radios:
NA

Television broadcast stations:
1 (cable system with six channels; American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo)

(note: information for US bases only (2002))

Televisions:
several hundred at McMurdo Station (US)

(note: information for US bases only (2001))

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
a fiber cable on polar plateau planned to finish in 2009 {Link without Title}

Country Code (Top level domain):
AQ

''Information from CIA World Factbook , 2002 edition''

Argentine bases in general: Marambio base has wireless internet and 2 mobile phones servers

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