Telecommunications in the Federated States of Micronesia
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This article is about communications systems in the Federated States of Micronesia.
In 2010, Pohnpei State was connected to the Internet using the HANTRU-1 undersea communications cable to provide high-speed bandwidth. Kosrae State, Chuuk State, and Yap State, were planned to be connected in a second phase.
Telephone
Main lines in use:
8,000 (1995)
Mobile cellular:
NA
Telephone system:
domestic:
islands interconnected by shortwave radiotelephone (used mostly for government purposes)
international:
satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Radio
Broadcast stations:
AM 5, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2011)
Stations below are included in the total:
AM Radio stations:
AM 999 V6AF - (Pohnpei)
AM 1350 V6A - Baptist Radio - Moen (Chuuk) FM.. religious-Baptist
AM 1449 V6AH - Radio V6AH - Kolonia (Pohnpei) FM.. religious-Christian
AM 1494 V6AI - Radio Yap - Colonia, Yap (Yap)
AM 1503 V6AJ - Voice of Kosrae - Tofol (Kosrae) FM.. English, Kosraean
AM 1593 V6AK - Moen (Chuuk)..
FM Radio stations:
FM 88.1 V6BC (Truk)
FM 88.1 V6AI-FM (Moen)
FM 88.5 V6MA-FM
FM 88.5 V6MA Bible Baptist Church Radio (Weno, Chuuk)
FM 88.9 V6JY (Yap)
FM 88.9 V6KIZ (Pohnpei)
FM 89.5 V6W-1
FM 89.5 V6CWS
FM 89.7 V6AA (Yap)
FM 89.7 V6AJ (Kosrae)
FM 101.1 V6AV (BBC World Service) (Yap)
FM 104.1 V6AF-FM - Kolonia (Pohnpei) FM.. religious-Christian
There is also a shortwave relay of 88.5 FM at 4755 kHz, V6MP.
Radios:
NA
Television
Broadcast stations:
KPON 7 Kolonia (Pohnpei, 1 kW)
TTKK 7 Moen (Truk, 0.1 kW)
WAAB 7 (Government station) Colonia (Yap, 1 kW) - (1997)
Several Honolulu local stations are available on cable (converted from ATSC to DVB-T): KHET (PBS), KHON-TV (Fox), KITV-TV (ABC), KHNL-TV (NBC) and KGMB-TV (CBS).
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