In theSeychelles, local and international telecommunications lines are operated byCable & Wireless. In 1997 there were around 11,000 telephone lines and in excess of 20,000 telephones, meaning that over half of the population have a home telephone.[1]
The FEBA Seychelles station was decommissioned at the end of March 2003, and short wave broadcasts were transferred to other stations, many in the former Soviet Union.
The Internet was introduced in the Seychelles by Atlas Seychelles Ltd, a joint venture between the three leading computer companies, Victoria Computer Services (Proprietary) Ltd, Space 95 and MBM Seychelles Ltd, in September 1996. In 2000 there were approximately 2000 Internet subscribers in the islands. 60% are private or home users and 40% business of which 30% is government and 70% other businesses.[2] There are threeInternet service providers in Seychelles: Atlas, Intelvision and Kokonet.
In 2009, following the conviction of the owners ofThe Pirate Bay for copyright infringement, the popularBitTorrent site was sold to a Seychelles-based company calledReservella Ltd.[3][4]
In 2012, the 1,930-kmSeychelles East Africa System (SEAS)submarine cable landed atBeau Vallon, on the island ofMahé connecting the Seychelles withTanzania.[5] The SEAS cable is initially equipped at 20 Gbit/s with an ultimate design capacity of 320 Gbit/s.[6]
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