| Communications | Egypt |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
 | 11.229 million (2007) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
 | 136 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
 | 30.065 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
 | 362 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
 | general assessment: large system; underwent extensive upgrading during 1990s and is reasonably modern; Telecom Egypt, the landline monopoly, has been increasing service availability and in 2007 fixed-line density stood at 14 per 100 persons; as of 2007 there were three mobile-cellular networks and service is expanding rapidly domestic: principal centers at Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah, Ismailia, Suez, and Tanta are connected by coaxial cable and microwave radio relay international: country code - 20; landing point for both the SEA-ME-WE-3 AND SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks; linked to the international submarine cable FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); 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 (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
 | AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 11, shortwave 3 (1999) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
 | 1,978,164 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
 | 7,552,989 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
 | 27,694,290 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
 | 98 (September 1995) |
Television broadcast stations density:
 | 847,785 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
 | .eg |
Internet hosts:
 | 175,342 (2008) |
Internet users:
 | 8.62 million (2007) |
Internet users - density:
 | 104 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
 | void |
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