United States: Communications
United States of America

Telephones - main lines in use:

194 million (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

69.209 million (1998)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  a very 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:  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 4,762, FM 5,542, shortwave 18 (1998)

Radios:

575 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

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)

Televisions:

219 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.us

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

7,800 (2000 est.)

Internet users:

148 million (2000)

Source: CIA World Factbook 2001
(In general, information available as of 1 January 2001 was used in the preparation of this edition.)

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