Minister Responsible for Telecommunications:
SEN HON DR EDMOND MANSOOR
Minister of State - Information, Broadcasting & Telecommunications
Permanent Secretary: MRS. CORA RICHARDS
Telecommunications Officer:
MR. CLEMENT SAMUEL
Telecommunications Officer
Contact Information:
4th Floor, State Insurance Corporation Business Center
Corner of Long & Thames Street
St. John’s

Population: 69, 108 (July 2006 est.)

GDP Per Capita:  10,900 (2005)

Economy Overview

Tourism continues to dominate the economy, accounting for more than half of GDP. Weak tourist arrival numbers since early 2000 have slowed the economy, however, and pressed the government into a tight fiscal corner. The dual-island nation's agricultural production is focused on the domestic market and constrained by a limited water supply and a labor shortage stemming from the lure of higher wages in tourism and construction. Manufacturing comprises enclave-type assembly for export with major products being bedding, handicrafts, and electronic components. Prospects for economic growth in the medium term will continue to depend on income growth in the industrialized world, especially in the US, which accounts for slightly more than one-third of tourist arrivals.

Communications

Telephone Main Lines in Use: 38,000 (2004)

Telephone Mobile Cellular: 54,000 (2004)

Telephone System:  Domestic: good automatic telephone system
International country code: - 1-268; 1 coaxial submarine cable; satellite earth station - 2; tropospheric scatter to Saba (Netherlands Antilles) and Guadeloupe

Radio Broadcast System:  AM 4, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)

Television Broadcast Stations: 2 (1997)

Internet Country Code: ag

Internet Hosts: 2,231 (2006)

Internet Users: 20,000 (2005)