Egypt

Egypt Communications

Telephones - main lines in use
8,735,700 (2003)

Telephones - mobile 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 broadcast stations
AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999)

Television broadcast stations
98 (September 1995)

Internet country code
.eg

Internet hosts
3,401 (2004)

Internet users
2.7 million (2003)



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