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COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones:
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182.558
million (1987 est.) |
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Telephone
System:
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domestic:
a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay,
coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries conventional
telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries
mobile telephone traffic throughout country
international:
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)
(1990 est.)
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Radio
Broadcast Stations:
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AM
4,987, FM 4,932, shortwave 0 |
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Radios:
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540.5
million (1992 est.) |
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Television
Broadcast Stations:
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more
than 1,500 (including nearly 1,000 stations affiliated with the
five major networks?NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and PBS; in addition,
there are about 9,000 cable TV systems) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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215
million (1993 est.) |
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