Falkland Islands Communications

Country code: 500. Good satellite telephone links to the Islands. The Cable & Wireless office is open Mon-Thurs 0815-1200 and 1315-1630 (Fri until 1615), and sells phone cards for use in the international telephone service booths situated in the office.

Cable & Wireless launched a mobile phone service in December 2005. Coverage is initially in Stanley and Mount Pleasant with fairly good coverage along the MPA road and more limited coverage between MPA and Goose Green. No roaming agreements have been declared.

There is an Internet cafe in Stanley.

Airmail to Europe takes four to seven days.

Coverage of local affairs is provided by a radio station and by the territory's sole newspaper. Satellite television channels are widely available. There are no daily local papers, but Penguin News (weekly) is published in Stanley and all British national newspapers are also available; the Falkland Islands Gazette is a government publication; the Falkland Islands News Network relays news daily via fax and email. BFBS Radio Falklands provides radio coverage for British forces; the Falkland Islands Broadcasting Station (FIBS) operates on both AM and FM.