There are telecommunications in French Guiana.
In 1923, there were 117 telephones in use, with 241 miles of wire.[1] The number of telephones was approximately 6,800 by 1975,[2] approximately 13,700 by 1982[3] and 18,100 by 1989.[4] There were 47,000 telephone main lines in use in 1995,[5] and 51,000 in 2001.[6] There were 138,200 mobile cellular phones in 2002.[6]
Telephone system:
domestic:
fair open wire and microwave radio relay system[5]
international:
satellite earth station – 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)[5]
In 1923, there were nine telegraph offices, with 205 miles of wire.[1]
Radio Cayenne began to broadcast on 9 June 1951,[7] with regular broadcasts from January 1953.[8] In 1998, radio stations were broadcast on AM 2, FM 14 (including 6 repeaters) and shortwave 6 (including 5 repeaters).[5] There were 7,100 radio receivers by 1975.[2] There were 104,000 radios in 1997.[5]
There were three television stations (plus eight low-power repeaters) in 1997.[5] There were 3,000 television receivers by 1975.[2] There were 30,000 televisions in 1997.[5]
There number of internet users was 2,000 in 2000,[9] and 3,200 in 2002.[6] There were two internet service providers in 2000.[9]
The top-level domain country code is .gf.[5]