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Telephones - main lines in use: 3,437,500 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 32,935,900 (2004)
Telephone system:
• general assessment: good international radiotelephone and submarine cable services; domestic and inter-island service adequate
• domestic: domestic satellite system with 11 earth stations
• international: country code - 63; 9 international gateways; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Pacific Ocean); submarine cables to Hong Kong, Guam, Singapore, Taiwan, and Japan
Radio broadcast stations: 369 AM Stations, 584 FM Stations, Five shortwave (each shortwave station operates on multiple frequencies in the language of the target audience) (2004)

Television Stations: 225 broadcast stations; 1373 cable networks (2004)

Internet country code: .ph

Internet hosts: 96,500 (2005)

Internet users: 7.82 million (2005)

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