Introduction
How is the communication system in Belize? Here, Broadcast media include 8 privately owned TV stations; multi-channel cable TV provides access to foreign stations; about 25 radio stations broadcasting on roughly 50 different frequencies; state-run radio was privatized in 1998 (2019). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Belize
Internet country code .bz
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
Total 36,000 (2020 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 9 (2020 est.)
Internet users
Total 248,000 (2021 est.)
Percent of population 62% (2021 est.)
Telecommunication systems
General assessment Belize’s fixed-line teledensity and mobile penetration remain lower than average for the region, a legacy of insufficient market competition and under investment in telecoms services; a significant investment in infrastructure, launching an LTE-A service at the end of 2016 and in mid-2017 completing a submarine cable to Ambergris Caye, enabling it to launch an FttP service in San Pedro; the nfrastructure has been updated from the legacy copper to fiber; investments have been made to provide high speed broadband to 80% of residences across Belize. (2021)
Domestic Roughly 5 per 100 fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity of 66 per 100 persons; mobile sector accounting for over 90% of all phone subscriptions (2021)
International Country code - 501; landing points for the ARCOS and SEUL fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth station - 8 (Intelsat - 2, unknown - 6) (2019)
Telephones - fixed lines
Total subscriptions 19,000 (2021 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 5 (2021 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
Total subscriptions 264,000 (2021 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 66 (2021 est.)
All Important Facts about Belize

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Belize is found in Central America