Guyana Communications

Country Name: Cooperative Republic of Guyana

Capital City: Georgetown

Population: 767,245

Population Growth: 0.25% (2006 est.)

Currency: Guyanese dollar (GYD)

Languages: English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu

Area: 214,970 sq km

Inflation Rate: 6% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 9.1%

Domain extension: .gy

COMMUNICATIONS OF GUYANA

Telephones - main lines in use:

110,100 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

281,400 (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:

3 (1 public station; 2 private stations which relay US satellite services) (1997)

Internet country code:

.gy

Internet hosts:

1,046 (2006)

Internet users:

160,000 (2005)

International dialing code: