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Tabular Data - Communications in Egypt
| Telephones - Main Lines In Use : |
8,735,700 (2003) |
| Telephones - Cellular : |
5,797,500 (2003) |
| Telephone System : |
general assessment: large system; underwent extensive upgrading during 1990s and is reasonably modern; Internet access and cellular service are available
domestic: principal centers at Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah, Ismailia, Suez, and Tanta are connected by coaxial cable and microwave radio relay
international: country code - 20; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat; 5 coaxial submarine cables; tropospheric scatter to Sudan; microwave radio relay to Israel; a participant in Medarabtel and a signatory to Project Oxygen (a global submarine fiber-optic cable system) |
| Radio Stations : |
AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999) |
| Radios : |
20,500,000 (1997) |
| Television Stations : |
98 (September 1995) |
| Televisions : |
7.7 million (1997) |
| Internet Country Code : |
.eg |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : |
50 (2000) |
| Internet Users : |
2.7 million (2003) |
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