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Telephones - main lines in use:
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12.49 million (September 2000)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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16 million (September 2000)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
domestic: thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); submarine cables to Japan (Okinawa), Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, Middle East, and Western Europe (1999)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 218, FM 333, shortwave 50 (1999)
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Radios:
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16 million (1994)
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Television broadcast stations:
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29 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
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Televisions:
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8.8 million (1998)
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Internet country code:
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.tw
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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8 (2000)
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Internet users:
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11.6 million (2001)
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