United States Communications 1996

Telephone system:

126,000,000 telephones; 7,557,000 cellular telephones

local:

intercity:

large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites

international:

16 satellites and 24 ocean cable systems in use; 61 INTELSAT (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean) earth stations (1990)

Radio:

broadcast stations:

AM 4,987, FM 4,932, shortwave 0

radios:

530 million

Television:

broadcast stations:

1,092 (about 9,000 cable TV systems)

televisions:

193 million

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