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Egypt: Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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3,971,500 (December 1998)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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380,000 (1999)
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Telephone system:
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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:
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AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999)
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Radios:
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20.5 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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98 (September 1995)
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Televisions:
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7.7 million (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.eg
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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50 (2000)
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Internet users:
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600,000 (2002)
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