| Communications | Egypt |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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9.618 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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118 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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70.661 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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861 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: underwent extensive upgrading during 1990s; principal centers at Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah, Ismailia, Suez, and Tanta are connected by coaxial cable and microwave radio relay
domestic: largest fixed-line system in the region; as of 2010 there were three mobile-cellular networks with a total of more than 70 million subscribers
international: country code - 20; landing point for Aletar, the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks, Link Around the Globe (FLAG) Falcon and FLAG FEA; satellite earth stations - 4 (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 (2010) |
Broadcast media:
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mix of state-run and private broadcast media; state-run TV operates 2 national and 6 regional terrestrial networks as well as a few satellite channels; about 20 private satellite channels and a large number of Arabic satellite channels are available via subscription; state-run radio operates about 70 stations belonging to 8 networks; 2 privately-owned radio stations operational (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 22, shortwave 1 (2010) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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1,954,278 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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3,730,893 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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82,079,636 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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64 (2010) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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1,282,495 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.eg |
Internet hosts:
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187,197 (2010) |
Internet users:
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20.136 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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246 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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