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Telephones -
main lines in use | 268 million (2003) | | Telephones -
mobile cellular | 219.4 million (2005) | | | Telephone system | general assessment: a 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: country code - 1; 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 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19 (2006) | | Television broadcast
stations | 2,218 (2006) | | | Internet country code | .us | | | Internet users | 205.327 million (2005) | |
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