The Falkland Islands are a long way from anywhere - and we are about 8,000 miles away from the UK where most of our trade is done. As such, good communications are vitally important.

As well as the Tristar and Lan Chile air-links, the Islands are served by the shipping company Darwin Shipping which provides a regular service that takes about four weeks from the South Coast of England to Stanley.

Telecommunications are provided through a satellite link by Cable and Wireless. For more information on their worldwide services, please visit www.cw.com or go to their local site at www.horizon.co.fk where there are links to other Falkland Island sites as well as a regularly updated webcam so that you can see what the skies above Stanley are looking like today.

Internally, the strong community spirit of the Islands is reinforced by the Penguin News and the local radio station - the Falkland Islands Broadcasting Station (FIBS).

The Penguin News is our only newspaper; it is published every Friday and is read by everyone. The current front page and archived past headline news can be seen at the Penguin News website.

There is also the Falkland Islands News Network and Mercopress for current information on the Falkland Islands.

FIBS is a local radio station with attitude! Its coverage ranges seamlessly from International Politics to local village gossip - such is life in the Falkland Islands. There is also the British Forces Broadcasting Station (BFBS) in the Falklands - more details of this can be found at www.ssvc.com/bfbs/radio/falklands

Please visit Cable & Wireless at www.cw.com or go to their local site at www.cwfi.co.fk or the Horizon site at www.horizon.co.fk.