Telephones - main lines in use:
20,700 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
70,300 (2006)

Telephone system:
general assessment: effective system
domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands in the archipelago
international: country code - 248; direct radiotelephone communications with adjacent island countries and African coastal countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 2 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
2 (plus 9 repeaters) (1997)

Internet country code:
.sc

Internet hosts:
187 (2007)