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• Telephone system: 

(3.5 million telephones; 11 telephones/1,000 persons; large system by Third World standards but inadequate for present requirements and undergoing extensive upgrading) 
 

 
local: 
NA 
 
intercity: 
principal centers at Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah, Ismailia Suez, and Tanta are connected by coaxial cable and microwave radio relay 
 
international: 
2 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean), 1 ARABSAT, and 1 INMARSAT earth station; 5 coaxial submarine cables, microwave troposcatter (to Sudan), and microwave radio relay (to Libya, Israel, and Jordan) 
 
• Radio: 
 
broadcast stations: 
AM 39, FM 6, shortwave 0 
 
radios: 
NA 
 
• Television: 
 
broadcast stations: 
41 
 
televisions: 
NA