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[[Montserrat]] possesses a number of '''telecommunications systems''', including [[Mobile telephone|mobile]] and main line [[telephone]], radio and television. The country code for Montserrat in the [[Domain Name System]] of the Internet is "MS[[.ms]]".
Telephony uses the [[area code 664]].
 
According to a July 2016 estimate by the CIA, Montserrat's fully digitalized telephone service had 3,000 subscribers while an estimated 5,000 mobile handsets were in use. An estimated 2,860 users have internet access.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geoscountries/montserrat/print_mh.html |title=Central America :: Montserrat — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency |publisher=Cia.gov |access-date= |accessdate=2019-10-15}}</ref>
 
There are 17 [[internet service providers]].
 
Montserrat possesses an [[AM radio]] station, and 2 [[FM broadcasting|FM]] stations. These serve 7,000 radios (by 1997 figures). There is one [[television]] broadcast station, which in 1997 was serving 3,000 televisions; the Peoples Television (PTV) is a free service providing news, documentaries, commercials and entertainment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://arts1091.unsw.wikispaces.net/Montserrat+2011#Types%20of%20Media--%EF%BB%BFTelevision%20Broadcast |title=ArchivedArts1091 copy- Montserrat 2011 |access-date=2018-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404134442/http://arts1091.unsw.wikispaces.net/Montserrat+2011#Types%20of%20Media--%EF%BB%BFTelevision%20Broadcast |archive-date=2018-04-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.raffa.org.uk/raffa-in-the-caribbean/montserrat/peoples-tv/ |title=ArchivedPeople's TV - copyRAFFA |access-date=2018-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404134542/http://www.raffa.org.uk/raffa-in-the-caribbean/montserrat/peoples-tv/ |archive-date=2018-04-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Cable and satellite television service is also available.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
 
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