South Africa Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
4.84 million (2002 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
16.86 million (2003 est.)
Telephone system:
general assessment:
the system is the best developed and most modern in Africa
domestic:
consists of carrier-equipped open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay links, fiber-optic cable, radiotelephone communication stations, and wireless local loops; key centers are Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, and Pretoria
international:
country code - 27; 2 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 14 , FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
556 (plus 144 network repeaters) (1997 est.)
Internet country code:
.za
Internet hosts:
288,633 (2003 est.)
Internet users:
3.1 million (2002 est.)
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