Communication in South Africa
Telephone System
General Assesment
The system is the best developed and most modern in Africa.
Domestic
Consists of carrier-equipped open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay links, fiber-optic cable, radio telephone communication stations, and wireless local loops; key centres are Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, and Pretoria.
International
Submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean)
International Dialing Code
27
Radio Broadcast Stations
AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1
Television Broadcast Stations
556 (plus 144 network repeaters)
Internet Top Level Domain
.za
Internet Users
5,100,000
Broadband Internet Users
Unknown
