Grand Bahama

Infrastructure

The Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited has invested significant resources to put in place city services and infrastructure to support a population of up to 250,000 people. From homes and infrastructure to schools and amenities, Freeport offers the standard of living expected of a thriving and growing community and commercial centre.

Modern Communications

Post

The National Postal service offers air and surface mail services for inter-island and to all foreign countries. There is one central delivery service from which boxes are rented at inexpensive rates. There are also a number of worldwide courier services available.

Telecommunications

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTC) has been the regulator and provider of telecommunication services in the Bahamas for 100 years. Today the Company offers modern, fully digital switching networks providing high-speed communications services to residential and business consumers throughout The Bahamas. These services are transmitted via fiber optics, copper, coaxial, satellite and wireless media.

Cable Network

Cable Bahamas Ltd is a major telecommunications provider in the city of Freeport. The company supplies more than 100 cable television channels, digital music services and its CoralWave broadband Internet access to thousands of residences and businesses on Grand Bahama Island. With options ranging from 512Kb/s to over 1Gb/s the company delivers commercial Internet service to every major hotel, international and national banks, legal and accounting offices, retail companies and several government agencies.

Radio

The Bahamas Broadcasting Corporation, a public corporation, provides radio and television services throughout the Bahamas. The main station, Radio Bahamas (ZNS-1), has been operating since May 1936 and has a frequency of 1540 kHz. It operates 24 hours a day and serves the entire country. Private radio has been approved by government, 100 JAMZ and COOL96 are two local private radio stations broadcasting from Grand Bahama. Other National Fm Radio Stations are MORE FM and LOVE 97.

Utilities

Power

The Grand Bahama Power Company is an integrated utility that generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity on the island. The Company supplies electric power to Grand Bahama Island's approximately 18,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Grand Bahama Power's transmission and distribution assets include over 800 miles of lines.

Water

Grand Bahamas' abundant fresh water is a natural resource unmatched in the Caribbean area. The Grand Bahama Utility Company, Ltd. pumps 7 million gallons daily of fresh, pure water, via state-of-the-art pipe networks. The system is adequate for a modern city of 250,000, almost the entire population of The Bahamas. Rainfall averages 58 inches per year, replenishing the natural ground aquifer, a vast lens of fresh water located under the island.