Telephones - main lines in use

:

9.6 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular

:

8,583,940 (2005)

Telephone system

:

general assessment: large system; underwent extensive upgrading during 1990s and is reasonably modern; Internet access and cellular service are available
domestic: principal centres at Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah, Ismailia, Suez, and Tanta are connected by coaxial cable and microwave radio relay
international: country code - 20; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat; 5 coaxial submarine cables; tropospheric scatter to Sudan; microwave radio relay to Israel; a participant in Medarabtel

Radio broadcast stations

:

AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999)

Television broadcast stations

:

98 (September 1995)

Internet country code

:

.eg

Internet hosts

:

3,401 (2004)

Internet users

:

4.2 million (2005)