Egypt Communications
Egypt Communications: A summary of information about Egypt Communications, from government research data as well as independent research and other sources.
Egypt: Communications
Telephones - main lines in use
3.168 million (1996)
Telephones - mobile cellular
380,000 (1999)
Telephone system
large system by Third World standards but inadequate for present requirements and undergoing extensive upgrading; Internet access available domestic: principal centers at Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah, Ismailia, Suez, and Tanta are connected by coaxial cable and microwave radio relay international: 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 repeater stations), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999)
Radios
20.5 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations
51 (September 1995)
Televisions
7.7 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
31 (1999)
