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Telephones - main lines in use:
Telephones - main lines in use:

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Telephones - mobile cellular:


Telephones - mobile cellular?:

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Telephone system:


Telephone system:

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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
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?.

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2 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

2 [submarine cables]?; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

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Radios:


Radios:

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Television broadcast stations:


Television broadcast stations:

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Televisions:


Televisions:

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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):


Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

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Telephones - main lines in use: 5.075 million (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular?: over 2,000,000 (1999)

Telephone system: 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: 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)

Radios: 13.75 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 556 (plus 144 network repeaters) (1997)

Televisions: 5.2 million (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 58 (1999)


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