Egypt
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Introduction - Egypt: | Location - Egypt: | People - Egypt: | Government - Egypt: | Economy - Egypt: | Communications - Egypt: | Fiscal year | 1 July - 30 June | | Telephones main lines in use | 10.808 million (2006) | | Telephones mobile cellular | 18.001 million (2006) | | 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; 5 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat; tropospheric scatter to Sudan; microwave radio relay to Israel; a participant in Medarabtel (1998) | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999) | | Television broadcast stations | 98 (September 1995) | | Internet country code | .eg | | Internet hosts | 2,254 (2006) | | Internet users | 6 million (2006) | |
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