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> South Africa > Communications (Facts)
| South Africa - Communications (Facts) |
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| Telephones - main lines in use: |
4.729 million (2005) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
33.96 million (2005) |
| 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 broadcast stations: |
AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998) |
| Television broadcast stations: |
556 (plus 144 network repeaters) (1997) |
| Internet country code: |
.za |
| Internet hosts: |
645,179 (2006) |
| Internet users: |
5.1 million (2005) |
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