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Tabular Data - Communications in South Africa
| Telephones - Main Lines In Use : |
4.844 million (2002) |
| Telephones - Cellular : |
16.86 million (2003) |
| Telephone System : |
general assessment: the system is the best developed and most modern in Africa
domestic: consists of carrier-equipped open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay links, fiber-optic cable, radiotelephone communication stations, and wireless local loops; key centers are Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, and Pretoria
international: country code - 27; 2 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean) |
| Radio Stations : |
AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998) |
| Radios : |
13,750,000 (1997) |
| Television Stations : |
556 (plus 144 network repeaters) (1997) |
| Televisions : |
5.2 million (1997) |
| Internet Country Code : |
.za |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : |
150 (2001) |
| Internet Users : |
3.1 million (2002) |
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