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EgyptCommunications
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Egypt: Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use: |
9.6 million (2005) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular: |
8,583,940 (2005) |
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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 |
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Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999) |
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Radios: |
20.5 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations: |
98 (September 1995) |
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Televisions: |
7.7 million (1997) |
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Internet country code: |
.eg |
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Internet hosts: |
3,401 (2004) |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
50 (2000) |
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Internet users: |
4.2 million (2005) |
More about Egypt:
The World Factbook 2005, by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
