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Introduction - United States: | Location - United States: | People - United States: | Government - United States: | Economy - United States: | Communications - United States: | Fiscal year | 1 October - 30 September | | Telephones main lines in use | 172 million (2006) | | Telephones mobile cellular | 233 million (2006) | | Telephone system | general assessment: a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system
domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country
international: country code - 1; 24 ocean cable systems in use; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions) (2000) | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19 (2006) | | Television broadcast stations | 2,218 (2006) | | Internet country code | .us | | Internet hosts | 195.139 million (2005) | | Internet users | 208 million (2006) | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |