Full Internet services are
being developed by the national telecom, CST, as joint venture with Portugal
Telecommunications International (PTI) and its Internet Service Provider "Telepac".
The .st domain
registration is currently administered by a joint venture between Tecnologia
de Sistemas Informático, the leading enterprise of the local computer community
of Sao Tome and Principe, and Bahnhof Internet AB, one of Sweden's
oldest, most experienced and technically advanced Internet Service Providers. Bahnhof
Internet AB has recently shown interest in investing in Sao Tome and Principe's Internet
infrastructure. In October 1999, Bahnhof Internet AB plans to link Sao Tome to its central
network system in Sweden via Satellite. The network system will be connected at the most
important center in Europe known as Global Internet Exchange Point (Stockholm D-GIX) using
fiber optic cables.
Internet host sites:
666 (2000)
Internet
subscribers (1999):
- Total: 50
- Internet subscribers per 10,000
inhabitants: 5.00
Internet Users (1999): Total: 500
Users per 10,000
inhabitants: 34.75
Internet use by categories:
- Commercial:
- Academic:
- Research:
- NGO/UN/International:
- Government:
- Others:
Internet bandwidth (Kbps): 19
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