South Africa: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 4,131,055 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 85.197 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 159 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: the system is the best-developed and most modern in Africa domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is roughly 165 telephones per 100 persons; consists of carrier-equipped open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay links, fiber-optic cable, radiotelephone communication stations, and wireles international: country code - 27; the SAT-3/WASC and SAFE fiber-optic submarine cable systems connect South Africa to Europe and Asia; the EASSy fiber-optic cable system connects with Europe and North America; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 (2015) |
Broadcast media | the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) operates 4 TV stations, 3 are free-to-air and 1 is pay TV; e.tv, a private station, is accessible to more than half the population; multiple subscription TV services provide a mix of local and internationa (2007) |
Internet country code | .za |
Internet users | total: 27.868 million percent of population: 51.9% (July 2015 est.) |