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Telecommunication systems Montserrat, in 35 editions.
The entry for Montserrat published Telecommunication systems in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 22 editions. Each is shown as published. Telecommunication systems in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 22
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2024
Published as “Telecommunications” (1990 to 1994), “Telephone system” (1995 to 2019) and “Telecommunication systems” (2020 to 2024).
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2024 edition
Same as 2023The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Published as “Telecommunications”
3,000 telephones; stations--8 AM, 4 FM, 1 TV
3,000 telephones; stations--8 AM, 4 FM, 1 TV
The same text in 3 editions, 1992 to 1994.
Published as “Telecommunications”
3,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 8 AM, 4 FM, 1 TV
3,000 telephones; stations--8 broadcast stations - 8 AM, 4 FM, 1 TV
Published as “Telephone system”
3,000 telephones
- local:
- NA
- intercity:
- NA
- international:
- NA
3,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 8 AM, 4 FM, 1 TV telephones
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: NA
Published as “Telephone system”
- domestic:
- NA
- international:
- NA
3,000 telephones domestic: NA
local: NA
intercity:
international: NA
Published as “Telephone system”
- domestic :
- NA
- international:
- NA
domestic: domestic : NA
international: NA
The same text in 3 editions, 1998 to 2000.
Published as “Telephone system”
- domestic:
- NA
- international:
- NA
domestic : domestic: NA
international: NA
Published as “Telephone system”
- general assessment:
- NA domestic: NA international: NA
general assessment: NA domestic: NA
The same text in 2002 and 2003.
Published as “Telephone system”
- general assessment:
- NA
- domestic:
- NA
- international:
- NA
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: NA
Published as “Telephone system”
- general assessment:
- NA
- domestic:
- NA
- international:
- country code - 1-664
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: NA country code - 1-664
The same text in 3 editions, 2005 to 2007.
Published as “Telephone system”
- general assessment:
- modern and fully digitalized
- domestic:
- NA
- international:
- country code - 1-664
general assessment: NA modern and fully digitalized
domestic: NA
international: country code - 1-664
Published as “Telephone system”
- general assessment:
- modern and fully digitalized
- domestic:
- NA
- 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
Rewritten: too little of the 2007 text remains to mark the changes.
general assessment: modern and fully digitalized
domestic: NA
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
The same text in 2009 and 2010.
Published as “Telephone system”
- general assessment:
- modern and fully digitalized
- domestic:
- fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone systems available
- 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
general assessment:
modern and fully digitalized
domestic: NA
fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone systems available
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
The same text in 2011 and 2012.
Published as “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
general assessment:
modern and fully digitalized
domestic:
combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone systems available 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
The same text in 2013 and 2014.
Published as “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 (2011)
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 (2011)
Published as “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 (2011)
general assessment:
domestic:
international:
Published as “Telephone system”
- general assessment:
- modern and fully digitalized
- domestic:
- combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 150 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 (2015)
general assessment: modern and fully digitalized
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 100 150 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 (2011) (2015)
Published as “Telephone system”
- general assessment:
- modern and fully digitalized
- domestic:
- combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 150 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 (2016)
general assessment: modern and fully digitalized
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 150 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 (2015) (2016)
Published as “Telephone system”
- general assessment:
- modern and fully digitalized (2016)
- domestic:
- combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 150 per 100 persons (2016)
- 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 (2016)
general assessment: modern and fully digitalized (2016)
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 150 per 100 persons (2016)
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 (2016)
Published as “Telephone system”
- general assessment:
- modern and fully digitalized;
- high dependency on tourism and offshore financial services;
- operators expand FttP (Fiber to Home) services;
- LTE launches and operators invest in mobile networks (2018)
- domestic:
- fixed-line 57 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity 95 per 100 persons (2018)
- international:
- country code - 1-664; landing point for the ECFS optic submarine cable with links to 14 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad (2019)
general assessment: modern and fully digitalized (2016) digitalized; high dependency on tourism and offshore financial services; operators expand FttP (Fiber to Home) services; LTE launches and operators invest in mobile networks (2018)
domestic: combined fixed-line 57 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 150 95 per 100 persons (2016) (2018)
international: country code - 1-664; landing point for the East Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS) ECFS optic submarine cable with links to 13 14 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad (2016) (2019)
- general assessment:
- telecom market one of growth in Caribbean and fully digitalized;
- high dependency on tourism and offshore financial services;
- operators expand FttP (Fiber to Home) services;
- LTE launches and operators invest in mobile networks;
- effective competition in all sectors (2020)
- domestic:
- fixed-line 60 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity 101 per 100 persons (2019)
- international:
- country code - 1-664; landing point for the ECFS optic submarine cable with links to 14 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad (2019)
note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated
general assessment: modern telecom market one of growth in Caribbean and fully digitalized; high dependency on tourism and offshore financial services; operators expand FttP (Fiber to Home) services; LTE launches and operators invest in mobile networks (2018) networks; effective competition in all sectors (2020)
domestic: fixed-line 57 60 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity 95 101 per 100 persons (2018) (2019)
international: country code - 1-664; landing point for the ECFS optic submarine cable with links to 14 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad (2019)
note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated
- general assessment:
- telecom market one of growth in Caribbean and fully digitalized;
- high dependency on tourism and offshore financial services;
- operators expand FttP (Fiber to Home) services;
- LTE launches and operators invest in mobile networks;
- effective competition in all sectors (2020)
- domestic:
- fixed-line 60 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity 101 per 100 persons (2019)
- international:
- country code - 1-664; landing point for the ECFS optic submarine cable with links to 14 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad (2019)
note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments
general assessment: telecom market one of growth in Caribbean and fully digitalized; high dependency on tourism and offshore financial services; operators expand FttP (Fiber to Home) services; LTE launches and operators invest in mobile networks; effective competition in all sectors (2020)
domestic: fixed-line 60 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity 101 per 100 persons (2019)
international: country code - 1-664; landing point for the ECFS optic submarine cable with links to 14 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad (2019)
note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect consequent restriction on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable services as a tool for work and satellite - has moderated school from home became evident, and received some support from governments
- general assessment:
- telecom market one of growth in Caribbean and fully digitalized;
- high dependency on tourism and offshore financial services;
- operators expand FttP (Fiber to Home) services;
- LTE launches and operators invest in mobile networks;
- effective competition in all sectors (2020)
- domestic:
- fixed-line roughly 60 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity nearly 101 per 100 persons (2019)
- international:
- country code - 1-664; landing point for the ECFS optic submarine cable with links to 14 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad (2019)
note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services
general assessment: telecom market one of growth in Caribbean and fully digitalized; high dependency on tourism and offshore financial services; operators expand FttP (Fiber to Home) services; LTE launches and operators invest in mobile networks; effective competition in all sectors (2020)
domestic: fixed-line roughly 60 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity nearly 101 per 100 persons (2019)
international: country code - 1-664; landing point for the ECFS optic submarine cable with links to 14 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad (2019)
note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards toward 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and has increased due to the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became is still evident, and received some support from governments the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services
The same text in 2023 and 2024.
- general assessment:
- telecom market one of growth in Caribbean and fully digitalized;
- high dependency on tourism and offshore financial services;
- operators expand FttP (Fiber to Home) services;
- LTE launches and operators invest in mobile networks;
- effective competition in all sectors (2020)
- domestic:
- fixed-line is 67 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity is 110 per 100 persons (2020)
- international:
- country code - 1-664; landing point for the ECFS optic submarine cable with links to 14 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad (2019)
general assessment: telecom market one of growth in Caribbean and fully digitalized; high dependency on tourism and offshore financial services; operators expand FttP (Fiber to Home) services; LTE launches and operators invest in mobile networks; effective competition in all sectors (2020)
domestic: fixed-line roughly 60 is 67 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity nearly 101 is 110 per 100 persons (2019) (2020)
international: country code - 1-664; landing point for the ECFS optic submarine cable with links to 14 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad (2019)
note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services
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