United StatesCommunications

Telephones - main lines in use:	181,599,900 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:	158.722 million (2003)
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 4,854, FM 8,950, shortwave 18 (2004)
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 hosts:	115,311,958 (2002)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):	7,000 (2002 est.)
Internet users:	159 million (2002)

More about United States:

The World Factbook 2005, by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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