Short facts about communications in Korea, South

Telephones - main lines in use:

24 million (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

27 million (June 2000)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  excellent domestic and international services domestic:  NA international:  fiber-optic submarine cable to China; the Russia-Korea-Japan submarine cable; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat (Pacific Ocean region)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 106, FM 97, shortwave 6 (1999)

Radios:

47.5 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

121 (plus 850 repeater stations and the eight-channel American Forces Korea Network) (1999)

Televisions:

15.9 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.kr

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

11 (2000)

Internet users:

15.3 million (2000)

Source: World Factbook