Egypt Communications

Country Name: Arab Republic of Egypt

Capital City: Cairo

Population: 78,887,007 (July 2006)

Population Growth: 1.75% (2006)

Currency: Egyptian pound (EGP)

Languages: Arabic (official)

Area: 1,001,450 sq km

Inflation Rate: 6.5% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 10.3% (2006)

Domain extension: .eg

COMMUNICATIONS OF EGYPT

Telephones - main lines in use:

10.396 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

14.045 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999)

Television broadcast stations:

98 (September 1995)

Internet country code:

.eg

Internet hosts:

2,254 (2006)

Internet users:

5 million (2005)

International dialing code: