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Cyprus - Communications (Facts)

Telephones - main lines in use: area under government control: 408,300 (2006); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002) Telephones - mobile cellular: area under government control: 777,500 (2006); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 143,178 (2002) Telephone system: general assessment: excellent in both area under government control and area administered by Turkish Cypriots domestic: open-wire, fiber-optic cable, and microwave radio relay international: country code - 357 (area administered by Turkish Cypriots uses the country code of Turkey - 90); tropospheric scatter; 3 coaxial and 5 fiber-optic submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 2 Eutelsat, 2 Intersputnik, and 1 Arabsat Radio broadcast stations: area under government control: AM 5, FM 76, shortwave 0 area administered by Turkish Cypriots: AM 1, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2004) Television broadcast stations: area under government control: 8 area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 2 (plus 4 relay) (2004) Internet country code: .cy Internet hosts: 67,589 (2006) Internet users: 356,600 (2006)