| Telephones - main lines in use: |
10.396 million (2005) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
14.045 million (2005) |
| 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: country code - 20; 5 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat; tropospheric scatter to Sudan; microwave radio relay to Israel; a participant in Medarabtel (1998) |
| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999) |
| Radios: |
20.5 million (1997) |
| Television broadcast stations: |
98 (September 1995) |
| Televisions: |
7.7 million (1997) |
| Internet country code: |
.eg |
| Internet hosts: |
2,254 (2006) |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
50 (2000) |
| Internet users: |
5 million (2005) |
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