Introduction
How is the communication system in Cook Islands? Here, Broadcast media include 1 privately owned TV station broadcasts from Rarotonga providing a mix of local news and overseas-sourced programs (2019). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Cook Islands
Internet country code .ck
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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Cook Islands is found in Polynesia