Antigua and Barbuda Communications - 2023

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Telephones - fixed lines

total subscriptions: 27,000 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 27 (2021 est.)

Telephones - mobile cellular

total subscriptions: 180,000 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 200 (2021 est.)

Telecommunication systems

general assessment: the telecom sector has seen a decline in subscriber numbers (particularly for prepaid mobile services the mainstay of short term visitors) and revenue; fixed and mobile broadband services are two areas that have benefited from the crisis as employees and students have resorted to working from home; one area of the telecom market that is not prepared for growth is 5G mobile; governments, regulators, and even the mobile network operators have shown that they have not been investing in 5G opportunities at the present time; network expansion and enhancements remain concentrated around improving LTE coverage (2021)

domestic: fixed-line teledensity roughly 27 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity is about 200 per 100 persons (2021)

international: country code - 1-268; landing points for the ECFS and Southern Caribbean Fiber submarine cable systems with links to other islands in the eastern Caribbean; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)

Broadcast media

state-controlled Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Service (ABS) operates 1 TV station; multi-channel cable TV subscription services are available; ABS operates 1 radio station; roughly 15 radio stations, some broadcasting on multiple frequencies

Internet country code

.ag

Internet users

total: 89,280 (2021 est.)

percent of population: 96% (2021 est.)

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

total: 8,000 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (2020 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Antigua and Barbuda on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Antigua and Barbuda 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Antigua and Barbuda 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.