Telephones - main lines in use:
13.03 million (October 2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
22.43 million (Jun 2002)
Telephone system:
domestic:
provides modern telecommunications service for every business and private need; completely digitalized
international:
satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); submarine cables to Japan (Okinawa), Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, Middle East, and Western Europe (1999)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 218, FM 333, shortwave 50 (1999)
Radios:
16 million (1994)
Television broadcast stations:
29 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:
8.8 million (1998)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
15 (1999)
Country code (Top level domain): TW
Compare to: Communications in Mainland China
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