| Communications | South Africa |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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4.225 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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87 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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50.372 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,028 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: the system is the best developed and most modern in Africa
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 105 telephones per 100 persons; 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; the SAT-3/WASC and SAFE fiber optic cable systems connect South Africa to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean) |
Broadcast media:
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the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) operates 4 TV stations, 3 are free-to-air and 1 is pay TV; e.tv, a private station, is accessible to more than half the population; multiple subscription TV services provide a mix of local and international channels; well developed mix of public and private radio stations at the national, regional, and local levels; the SABC radio network, state-owned and controlled but nominally independent, operates 18 stations, one for each of the 11 official languages, 4 community stations, and 3 commercial stations; more than 100 community-based stations extend coverage to rural areas (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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3,500,288 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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141,222 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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49,004,031 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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556 (plus 144 network repeaters) (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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88,137 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.za |
Internet hosts:
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3.751 million (2010) |
Internet users:
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4.42 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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91 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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