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Introduction - Philippines: | Location - Philippines: | People - Philippines: | Government - Philippines: | Economy - Philippines: | Communications - Philippines: | Fiscal year | calendar year | | Telephones main lines in use | 3.367 million (2005) | | Telephones mobile cellular | 41.6 million (2006) | | Telephone system | general assessment: good international radiotelephone and submarine cable services; domestic and inter-island service adequate
domestic: domestic satellite system with 11 earth stations; cellular communications now dominate the industry with roughly 10 mobile cellular subscribers for every fixed-line subscriber
international: country code - 63; 11 international gateways; submarine cables to Hong Kong, Guam, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Brunei, and Malaysia among others (2006) | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 375, FM 596, shortwave 4 (each shortwave station operates on multiple frequencies in the language of the target audience) (2006) | | Television broadcast stations | 233 (plus 1,480 CATV networks) (2006) | | Internet country code | .ph | | Internet hosts | 111,262 (2006) | | Internet users | 4.615 million (2005) | |
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