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Telephones - main lines in use: 8.557 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 23
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
96.8 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 16
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
general assessment: underwent extensive upgrading during 1990s; principal centers at Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah, Ismailia, Suez, and Tanta are connected by coaxial cable and microwave radio relay
domestic: largest fixed-line system in the region; as of 2011 there were multiple mobile-cellular networks with a total of roughly 83 million subscribers
international: country code - 20; landing point for Aletar, the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks, Link Around the Globe (FLAG) Falcon and FLAG FEA; satellite earth stations - 4 (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 (2011)

Broadcast media:
mix of state-run and private broadcast media; state-run TV operates 2 national and 6 regional terrestrial networks as well as a few satellite channels; about 20 private satellite channels and a large number of Arabic satellite channels are available via subscription; state-run radio operates about 70 stations belonging to 8 networks; 2 privately owned radio stations operational (2008)

Internet country code:
.eg

Internet hosts:
200,430 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 71
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
20.136 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 21
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]