IDD is available. Country code: 501.

Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone companies. Coverage is available in all six districts (check with Belize Telecommunications Ltd, website: www.digicell.bz). Handsets can be hired from Belize Telecommunications Ltd at US$5 per day, plus a deposit of US$150.

There is an e-mail service centre in the BTL office (website: www.btl.net) in central Belize City and Internet cafes in urban centres and popular tourist centres.

The constitution guarantees media freedom, but provides exceptions in the interest of national security, public order and morality. Belize has no daily newspapers; some of the privately owned weeklies are subsidised by political parties. State-run radio was privatised in 1998 and listeners now rely on a range of private commercial stations, most of them networked across the country. A number of private television stations are on the air and cable TV is available in the towns.
Press: The major weeklies include Amandala, The Belize Times, The Reporter and The San Pedro Sun, which is a community paper, published on the island of Ambergris Caye. Belize Today is a monthly official paper published in English. The Guardian is a United Democratic Party-affiliated paper.
TV: Commercial channels include Channel 5, Channel 7 and Channel 9.
Radio: Love FM is a commercial, music and news station. Estereo Amor is a private, Spanish-language station. Krem FM is a commercial station. More FM is a private, music station targeted at younger listeners and Wave Radio is United Democratic Party-affiliated.

Mail to Europe takes up to five days.