South Africa
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Introduction - South Africa: | Location - South Africa: | People - South Africa: | Government - South Africa: | Economy - South Africa: | Communications - South Africa: | Fiscal year | 1 April - 31 March | | Telephones main lines in use | 4.729 million (2005) | | Telephones mobile cellular | 33.96 million (2005) | | Telephone system | general assessment: 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: country code - 27; 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) | | Television broadcast stations | 556 (plus 144 network repeaters) (1997) | | Internet country code | .za | | Internet hosts | 645,179 (2006) | | Internet users | 5.1 million (2005) | |
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