Practical information about Guam
Postal service
Postage stamps are readily available at the U.S. Post Offices, hotels, some
stores and vending machines. Mail freight also is supported by DHL, UPS,
DHX, EMERY, FEDEX.
Electricity
All normal wall outlets are 120 volts, 60 cycles with U.S. plug patterns.
Communications
Cable, telex, direct dial phone service, and Internet connectivity via T1 or DS3 lines, dsl or cable modems are
available to all overseas points. Local phone service is provided by
the Guam Telephone Authority with over 71,000 subscribers. The telephone
network features digital switching and redundant fiber inter-office
facilities as
well as cellular service.
The telephone switching protocal called Feature Group D places Guam in
World Zone I which includes the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii
that are reached by dialing 1+ the area code + number. Because Guam is
considered domestic by the FCC, domestic rates and access to toll-free numbers
(i.e. 800,
877, 888) are similar to those in the U.S.
Guam is a telecommunications trans-Pacific hub for Sprint, MCI, GTE,
IT&E and AT&T
linking the US and
Asia via undersea fiber cables. It falls within an area covered by several Asian
communications satellites and is within two time zones of almost all East
Asian countries. Integrated Switching digital Network (ISDN),
dsl, cable modem connections for
Internet access locally as well as Internet ds3 lines to the States are solidly
established.
Transportation
There are several airlines serving Guam to most major international,
continental, and Pacific destinations. These are ANA, Gulf Air, JAL,
Northwest, Continental, Thai Air, Qantas, Philippine Air, and Nauru Air.
A public bus transportation system began operation in 1982.
Tour excursions, taxicabs, and car rentals are available.
Radio and Television
The radio stations operating on Guam are Adventist world Radio, Catholic
Education Radio, Hit Radio 100-KOKU, KOLG Light 91 FM, KPRG Public Radio,
KSDA FM JOY 92, KTWG 801 am, K-Stereo 95.5 FM, KUAM 610AM,
Newstalk K-57, Power 98FM, and Trans World Radio.
The television broadcasting companies are KGTF Public TV, Kuam TV8, KTGM-TV14
and
Marianas Cable TV (about 100 channels of programming).
Banking Institutions
The financial institutions operating on Guam are: Allied Bank, American
Savings & Loan, Asahi Bank, Bank of Guam, Bank of Hawaii, Bank of
the Orient, Century Bank, Citibank N A, Citizens Security Bank Inc, Finance
Factors Ltd, First commercial Bank, First Hawaiian Bank, Hongkong Bank, First
Savings & Loan of America, Guam Savings & Loan, Metropolitan Bank and Trust
Co, NAVMAR Federal Credit Union, Oceanic Bank, Pacific Islands Dev Bank,
Union Bank, Hawaiian Trust Company Ltd.
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