COMMUNICATIONS
Telephones - main lines in use:
NA
Telephones - mobile cellular:
NA
Telephone system:
general assessment: service provided by the Australian network
domestic: only analog mobile telephone service is available
international: satellite earth stations - one Intelsat earth station provides telephone and telex service (2000)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
1,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
NA
Televisions:
600 (1997)
Internet country code:
.cx
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)
Internet users:
NA
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TRANSPORTATION
Railways:
24 km to serve phosphate mines
Highways:
total: 140 km (not including 100 km that is maintained by private industry)
paved: 30 km
unpaved: 110 km (1999)
Waterways:
none
Ports and harbors:
Flying Fish Cove
Merchant marine:
none (2002 est.)
Airports:
1 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)
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MILITARY
Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of Australia
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TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
Disputes - international:
none
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