69.034 (2007), 65.768 (2006),
62.51 (2005), 61.197 (2004), 57.741 (2003)

Communications
Jamaica

Telephones - main lines in use:

342,000 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2.495 million (2006)

Telephone system:

general assessment: fully automatic domestic telephone network
domestic: the 1999 agreement to open the market for
telecommunications services resulted in rapid growth in
mobile-cellular telephone usage while the number of fixed-lines in
use has declined; combined mobile-cellular teledensity now exceeds
100 per 100 persons
international: country code - 1-876; the Fibralink submarine cable
network provides enhanced delivery of business and broadband traffic
and is linked to the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1)
submarine cable in the Dominican Republic; the link to ARCOS-1
provides seamless connectivity to US, parts of the Caribbean,
Central America, and South America; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2006)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 10, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

1.215 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

7 (1997)

Televisions:

460,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.jm

Internet hosts:

1,292 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

21 (2000)

Internet users:

1.5 million (2007)

Transportation
Jamaica

Airports:

34 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 5 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 23
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 21 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 21,552 km
paved: 15,937 km (includes 33 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,615 km (2005)

Merchant marine:

total: 20
by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 6, carrier 1, container 4, roll
on/roll off 3
foreign-owned: 17 (Denmark 2, Germany 4, Greece 6, Hong Kong 1,
Latvia 1, Russia 3) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Kingston, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Port Rhoades, Rocky Point

Military
Jamaica

Military branches:

Jamaica Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Wing (2007)

Military service age and obligation:

18 years of age for voluntary military service; younger recruits may
be conscripted with parental consent (2001)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 688,480
females age 16-49: 709,548 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 566,4