Telephone
Telephones - main lines in use:
263 million (2003 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
329 million (2004 Q4) - expected to hit 402 million by end of 2005
Telephone system:
domestic and international services are increasingly available for private use; unevenly distributed domestic system serves principal cities, industrial centers, and many towns. In early 2004 China overtook the U.S. as the largest communication country in the world with a combined main lines and mobile lines exceeding 600 million.
domestic:
interprovincial fiber-optic trunk lines and cellular telephone systems have been installed; a domestic satellite system with 55 earth stations is in place
international:
satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (4 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) and 1 Inmarsat (Pacific and Indian Ocean regions); several international fiber-optic links to Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Russia, and Germany (2000)
Operators include:
Radio
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 369, FM 259, shortwave 45 (1998)
Radios:
428 million (2000)
Television
Television broadcast stations: 3,240 (of which 209 are operated by China Central Television, 31 are provincial TV stations and nearly 3,000 are local city stations) (1997)
Televisions:
448 million (2000)
See also: List of Chinese language television channels
Internet
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (2000)
Internet users: 79.5 million (2003)
Country codes: CN
See also :
Last updated: 06-05-2005 06:17:47
