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Telephones - main lines in use: |
3,971,500 (December 1998) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular: |
380,000 (1999) |
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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: 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) |
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Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999) |
Television
broadcast stations: |
98 (September 1995) |
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Internet country code: |
.eg |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
50 (2000) |
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Internet users: |
600,000 (2002) |
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