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United States - Communications (Facts)

Telephones - main lines in use: 172 million (2006) Telephones - mobile cellular: 233 million (2006) Telephone system: general assessment: a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country international: country code - 1; 24 ocean cable systems in use; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions) (2000) Radio broadcast stations: AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19 (2006) Television broadcast stations: 2,218 (2006) Internet country code: .us Internet hosts: 195.139 million (2005) Internet users: 208 million (2006)