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This is a list of '''Communications in [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]'''.

== Telephone ==

Saint Kitts and Nevis is a member of the [[North American Numbering Plan]] (NANP), whose assigned [[area code]] is [[area code 869]].

When dialing from a telephone in Saint Kitts and Nevis, telephone users can dial the local seven digit number. When calling a telephone number in the United States, Canada or any other NANP member country from Saint Kitts and Nevis, the user would dial 1 + area code + phone number.

When calling a telephone number inside Saint Kitts and Nevis from the United States, Canada or other countries participating in the NANP, the user would dial 1 + 869 + seven digit phone number.

'''[[Telephone]]s - main lines in use:''' 17,000 (1997)

'''Telephones - mobile cellular:''' at least 30,000(2005)

'''Telephone system:'''

''General assessment:'' good inter-island and international connections

''Domestic:'' inter-island links to [[Antigua]] and [[Barbuda]] and [[Saint Martin (island)|Saint Martin]] ([[Guadeloupe]] and [[Netherlands Antilles]]) are handled by VHF/UHF/SHF radiotelephone

''International:'' International calls are carried by radiotelephone to [[Antigua and Barbuda]] and switched there to submarine cable or to [[Intelsat]]; or carried to Saint Martin (Guadeloupe and Netherlands Antilles) by radiotelephone and switched to Intelsat.

== Radio ==

'''[[Radio]] broadcast stations:''' AM 3, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
* [[ZIZ|550]] ZIZ (Bird Rock)
* [[Radio Paradise|820]]
* [[Voice of Nevis|860]] VON - Voice of Nevis<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 June 2020 |title="Expectations more than met", says ardent listener of VON Radio |url=https://vonradio.com/expectations-more-than-met-says-ardent-listener-of-von-radio/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=vonradio.com}}</ref>
* [[ZIZ|89.9]] ZIZ (formerly 90.0)
* 90.3 Sugar City Rock FM
* 92.9 Gem Radio Network
* 93.3 Gem Radio Network
* 94.1 SKNBC Radio One
* [[ZIZ|95.9]] ZIZ (formerly 96.0) (Nevis)
* [[ZIZ|96.1]] ZIZ (formerly 96.0) (Basseterre)
* [[ZBC (Saint Kitts)|96.7]] Big Wave Radio (Saint Kitts)
* [[ZIZ|96.9]] ZIZ
* 98.3 Vybz FM/Family FM
* 98.9 Winn FM
* 102.5 Kyss 102.5 FM - The Love Radio
* 103.3 Goodwill Radio
* 104.5 Goodwill Radio
* 106.5 Freedom FM

'''Radios:''' 28,000 (1997)

== Television ==

'''[[Television]] broadcast stations:''' 1 ([[ZIZ-TV]], plus three repeaters) (1997)

'''Televisions:''' 10,000 (1997)

== Internet ==
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'''[[Country codes|Country code]]:''' [[.kn]] (Top-level domain)

'''Internet Service Providers (ISPs):''' 16 (2000)

'''[[Internet]] users:''' 2,001 (2000)

'''Average Internet Speed:''' 27.84 [[mbps]] download/10.74 mbps upload (2020)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.ntrc.kn/}}
* [https://www.ectel.int/ Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority] (ECTEL)
* [https://www.submarinecablemap.com/country/saint-kitts-and-nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis], SubmarineCableMap.com
* [https://www.worlddata.info/america/stkitts-nevis/telecommunication.php#:~:text=Compared%20to%20the%20European%20Union,average%20of%201.5%20per%20person.], WorldData.info

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