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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 stations--2 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 2 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth stations
1991 stations--2 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 2 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth stations
1992 broadcast stations - 2 AM, 1 FM (1984), 1 TV; 2 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth stations
1993 broadcast stations - 2 AM, 1 FM (1984), 1 TV, 2 cable TV stations; 2 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth stations
1994 broadcast stations - 2 AM, 1 FM (1984), 1 TV, 2 cable TV stations; 2 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth stations
1995 NA telephones local: NA intercity: NA international: 2 INTELSAT (Pacific Ocean) earth stations
1996 domestic: NA international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
1997 domestic : NA international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
1998 domestic: NA international: satellite earth stations-2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
1999 domestic: NA international: satellite earth stations--2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2000 domestic: NA international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2001 general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2002 general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2003 general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2004 general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2005 general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2006 general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2007 general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2008 general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2009 general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2010 general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2011 general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2012 general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2013 international: country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2014 international: country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2015 international: country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
2016 general assessment: digital fiber-optic cables and satellites connect the islands to worldwide networks | domestic: wide variety of services available including dial-up and broadband Internet, mobile cellular, international private lines, payphones, phone cards, voicemail, and automatic call distribution systems | international: country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2015)
2017 general assessment: digital fiber-optic cables and satellites connect the islands to worldwide networks | domestic: wide variety of services available including dial-up and broadband Internet, mobile cellular, international private lines, payphones, phone cards, voicemail, and automatic call distribution systems | international: country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2015)
2018 general assessment: digital fiber-optic cables and satellites connect the islands to worldwide networks (2015) | domestic: wide variety of services available including dial-up and broadband Internet, mobile cellular, international private lines, payphones, phone cards, voicemail, and automatic call distribution systems (2015) | international: country code - 1-670; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2015)
2019 general assessment: digital fiber-optic cables and satellites connect the islands to worldwide networks; future launch of 5G (2018) | domestic: wide variety of services available including dial-up and broadband Internet, mobile cellular, international private lines, payphones, phone cards, voicemail, and automatic call distribution systems (2018) | international: country code - 1-670; landing points for the Atisa and Mariana-Guam submarine cables linking Mariana islands to Guam; satellite earth
2020 general assessment: digital fiber-optic cables and satellites connect the islands to worldwide networks; demand for broadband growing given that mobile services are the source for Internet across region; future launch of 5G (2020) | domestic: wide variety of services available including dial-up and broadband Internet, mobile cellular, international private lines, payphones, phone cards, voicemail, and automatic call distribution systems; fixed-line teledensity 39 per 100 persons (2019) | interna
2021 general assessment: digital fiber-optic cables and satellites connect the islands to worldwide networks; demand for broadband growing given that mobile services are the source for Internet across region; future launch of 5G (2020) domestic: wide variety of services available including dial-up and broadband Internet, mobile cellular, international private lines, payphones, phone cards, voicemail, and automatic call distribution systems; fixed-line teledensity 39 per 100 persons (2019) internation
2022 general assessment: digital fiber-optic cables and satellites connect the islands to worldwide networks; demand for broadband growing given that mobile services are the source for Internet across region; future launch of 5G (2020) domestic: wide variety of services available including dial-up and broadband Internet, mobile cellular, international private lines, payphones, phone cards, voicemail, and automatic call distribution systems; fixed-line teledensity roughly 35 per 100 persons (2020) int
2023 general assessment: digital fiber-optic cables and satellites connect the islands to worldwide networks; demand for broadband growing given that mobile services are the source for Internet across region; future launch of 5G (2020) domestic: fixed-line teledensity is 40 per 100 persons; mobile cellular subscriptions are 28 per 100 (2021) international: country code - 1-670; landing points for the Atisa and Mariana-Guam submarine cables linking Mariana islands to Guam; satellite earth stations - 2
2024 general assessment: digital fiber-optic cables and satellites connect the islands to worldwide networks; demand for broadband growing given that mobile services are the source for Internet across region; future launch of 5G; as of April 2024 the Northern Mariana Islands Broadband Policy and Development Office (BPD) received an award of $81 million from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program; CNMI submitted its