Communications

Telephones - main lines in use:
1.351 million (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.444 million (2006)

Telephone system:
general assessment: the parastatal monopoly provides good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; restricted cellular telephone service
domestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available
international: country code - 506; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); 2 submarine cables (2006)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002)

Television broadcast stations:
20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002)

Internet country code:
.cr

Internet hosts:
13,792 (2007)

Internet users:
1.214 million (2006)

Transportation

Airports:
157 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 32
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 19
under 914 m: 9 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 125
914 to 1,523 m: 24
under 914 m: 101 (2006)

Pipelines:
refined products 242 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 278 km
narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge
note: none of the railway network is in use (2007)

Roadways:
total: 35,330 km
paved: 8,621 km
unpaved: 26,709 km (2004)

Waterways:
730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2007)

Merchant marine:
total: 1 ship (1000 GRT or over) 1,058 GRT/255 DWT
by type: passenger/cargo 1 (2007)

Ports and terminals:
Caldera, Puerto Limon

This page was last updated on 4 October, 2007

Source:   CIA - World Fact Book