Philippines Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
3,310,900 (2002 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
15.2 million (2002 est.)
Telephone system:
general assessment:
good international radiotelephone and submarine cable services; domestic and inter-island service adequat
domestic:
domestic satellite system with 11 earth stations
international:
country code - 63; 9 international gateways; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Pacific Ocean); submarine cables to Hong Kong, Guam, Singapore, Taiwan, and Japan
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 369 , FM 583 , shortwave 5 (2004 est.)
note: Each shortwave station operates on multiple frequencies in the language of the target audience
Television broadcast stations:
225 (2004 est.)
note: 1373 CATV networks
Internet country code:
.ph
Internet hosts:
38,440 (2002 est.)
Internet users:
3.5 million (2002 est.)
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