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Communications of Cape Verde

Telephones - main lines in use:71,600 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:108,900 (2006)
Telephone system:general assessment: effective system, extensive modernization from 1996-2000 following partial privatization in 1995
domestic: major service provider is Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT); fiber optic ring, completed in 2001, links all islands providing Internet access and ISDN services; cellular service introduced in 1998
international: country code - 238; 2 coaxial submarine cables; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2001)
Radio broadcast stations:AM 0, FM 22 (plus 12 repeaters), shortwave 0 (2001)
Radios:100,000 (2002 est.)
Television broadcast stations:1 (plus 7 repeaters) (2001)
Televisions:15,000 (2002 est.)
Internet country code:.cv
Internet hosts:234 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):1 (2002)
Internet users:25,000 (2005)

Cape Verde Quickstats

  • Population: 423,613 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 4,033 sq km
  • Density: 126 /km² (79th)
  • GDP (total): $3.055 billion (158th)
  • GDP (per capita): $6,418 (92nd)
  • Literacy: 76.6%

Languages of Cape Verde

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  • Currency: Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)
  • Dial code: +238

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Cape Verde Internet

  • Usage: 29,000
  • Penetration: 5.9 %
  • Top Domain: .cv

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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