Telephones - main lines in use: |
Telephones - main lines in use: |
Telephones - mobile cellular: |
Telephones - mobile cellular?: |
Telephone system: |
Telephone system: |
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?. |
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: |
Radios: |
Radios: |
Television broadcast stations: |
Television broadcast stations: |
Televisions: |
Televisions: |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
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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)