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Philippines - Communications (Facts)

Telephones - main lines in use: 3.367 million (2005) Telephones - mobile cellular: 41.6 million (2006) Telephone system: general assessment: good international radiotelephone and submarine cable services; domestic and inter-island service adequate domestic: domestic satellite system with 11 earth stations; cellular communications now dominate the industry with roughly 10 mobile cellular subscribers for every fixed-line subscriber international: country code - 63; 11 international gateways; submarine cables to Hong Kong, Guam, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Brunei, and Malaysia among others (2006) Radio broadcast stations: AM 375, FM 596, shortwave 4 (each shortwave station operates on multiple frequencies in the language of the target audience) (2006) Television broadcast stations: 233 (plus 1,480 CATV networks) (2006) Internet country code: .ph Internet hosts: 111,262 (2006) Internet users: 4.615 million (2005)