The official language is Portuguese. Creole is spoken by most of the inhabitants. Some English, French and Spanish are spoken. GMT - 1. Improvements to rural areas are in progress and the islands have around 22,900 telephones.
Public access is available at the offices of cvtelecom .
Postal facilities can be slow with deliveries to Europe normally taking over a week. Newspapers are in Portuguese. There is one bi-weekly newspaper, two weekly papers, one quarterly cultural magazine and two monthly newspapers. Fragata , a quarterly publication produced by the national airline, TACV , contains topical features and travel information. From time to time these change.