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South Africa Communications 2009
http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/south_africa/south_africa_communications.html
SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
 


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Telephones - main lines in use:
4.642 million (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
42.3 million (2007)

Telephone system:
general assessment: the system is the best developed and most modern in Africa
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is nearly 110 telephones per 100 persons; 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; the SAT-3/WASC and SAFE fiber optic cable systems connect South Africa to Europe and Asia; 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:
1.297 million (2008)

Internet users:
5.1 million (2005)


NOTE: The information regarding South Africa on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of South Africa Communications 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about South Africa Communications 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.


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