Communications Of Egypt

Telephones main lines in use	8,735,700 (2003)
Telephones mobile cellular	5,797,500 (2003)
Telephone system	general assessment: large system; underwent extensive upgrading during 1990s and is reasonably modern; Internet access and cellular service are available 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; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat; 5 coaxial submarine cables; tropospheric scatter to Sudan; microwave radio relay to Israel; a participant in Medarabtel and a signatory to Project Oxygen (a global submarine fiber-optic cable system)
Radio broadcast stations	AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999)
Radios	20.5 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations	98 (September 1995)
Televisions	7.7 million (1997)
Internet country code	.eg
Internet hosts	3,401 (2004)
Internet Service Providers ISPs	50 (2000)
Internet users	2.7 million (2003)