Internet country code | .ck |
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
Total | 2,700 (2018 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 15 (2018 est.) |
Internet users | |
Total | 11,382 (2021 est.) |
Percent of population | 64.8% (2021 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | Demand for mobile broadband is increasing due to mobile services being the primary and most wide-spread source for Internet access across the region; Telecom Cook Islands offers international direct dialing, Internet, email, and fax; individual islands are connected by a combination of satellite earth stations, microwave systems, and VHF and HF radiotelephone (2020) |
Domestic | Service is provided by small exchanges connected to subscribers by open-wire, cable, and fiber-optic cable; nearly 41 per 100 fixed-line and about 100 per 100 mobile-cellular (2021) |
International | Country code - 682; the Manatua submarine cable to surrounding islands of Niue, Samoa, French Polynesia and other Cook Islands, the topography of the South Pacific region has made Internet connectivity a serious issue for many of the remote islands; submarine fiber-optic networks are expensive to build and maintain; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Total subscriptions | 7,000 (2021 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 41 (2021 est.) |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 17,000 (2021 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 100 (2021 est.) |
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