Telecommunications in the Turks and Caicos Islands

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Communications in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Telephone[]

Telephones - main lines in use: 3,000 (1994)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 0 (1994)

Telephone system: fair cable and radiotelephone services

domestic: NA

international: 2 submarine cables; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio[]

Radio broadcast stations: AM 3 (one inactive), FM 6, shortwave 0 (1998) A partial list of AM/FM/SW stations in the Turks and Caicos Islands is provided below:

AM Radio:

• 530 Radio Visión Cristiana
• (formerly VSI)

FM Radio:

• Smooth FM
• GCI Broadcasting
• Connolly Productions Company
• D & D Ewing Communications Ltd. 88.7 / 98.9

• Radio Turks and Caicos (Cockburn Town; formerly 107.7 until June 2018)
• Radio Turks and Caicos (Cockburn Town; formerly 101.9 until June 2018)

• Radio Turks and Caicos (Providenciales; formerly 103.9 until June 2018)

• Coral Radio 1 (WIV)

• Hope Radio
• Coral Radio 2 (WIV)
• 90.5 Praise Him FM
• 91.1 Sun FM Sun Media
• 92.5 Power FM
• 93.9 Island FM
• KIST 95
• KIST 95
• VIC - Victory in Christ Radio
• Abundant Life Ministries
• ROJ - Rock of Jesus
• Kiss FM
• WIV Radio
• Tradewinds Radio TCI
• ZIBF, Life Radio
• RTC 105.9
• KIST 106.3

Shortwave:

Defunct:

• 1020 Caribbean Christian Radio (1995-1998) (call-sign unknown at this time)

• 1020 SuperPower 1020 (call-sign unknown at this time)

• 1570 Atlantic Beacon (call-sign unknown at this time)
• Hope Radio 89.7 (call-sign unknown at this time)
• TCI Baptist Union 94.7 (call-sign unknown at this time)
• (formerly VSI-FM)

Radios: 8,000 (1997)

Television[]

Television broadcast stations: 2

WIV Cable has been operating on the islands for over 10 years (Channel 4)

New to Turks & Caicos, TCeyeTV started broadcasting on 3 July 2007

broadcasts from The Bahamas are also received; cable television is established) (1997)

Internet[]

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (2013)

• LIME (ADSL)
• WIV (DSL)
• Islandcom (4G)

Country code (Top level domain): TC

External links[]

• The Turks & Caicos Islands Telecommunications Commission
• The Turks and Caicos Islands, SubmarineCableMap.com