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Telecommunication in North America


The statistics provided on this page have been created with the most current information available as of July 2004. Refer to the bibliography page for a complete list of references, years used for the recorded statistics and an explanation of the symbols used to distinguish category sources.

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Chart 1:
 Personal Computers++ Internet Users* Internet Hosts* Internet Service Providers# ISDN Subscribers*
Canada
14,200,000
15,526,500
2,870,832
760
109,940
U.S.A.
178,000,000
183,127,500
113,809,039
7,800
1,995,071

Chart 2:
 Telephone Lines
in Use*		 Mobile Telephone Users* Television Receivers Capital Investment in Telecommunications $U.S. Millions*
Canada
20,310,000
13,503,400
N/A
4,198.3
U.S.A.
198,585,000
154,889,100
N/A
34,604.6

 

CIA Analysis of Telecommunications Infrastructure
Source: CIA World Factbook

Canada:
General Assessment: excellent service provided by modern technology.
Domestic: domestic satellite system with about 300 earth stations.
International: country code - 1; 5 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (4 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) and 2 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region).
Internet Country Code: .ca

U.S.A.:
General Assessment: a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system.
Domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country.
International: country code - 1; 24 ocean cable systems in use; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions) (2000).
Internet Country Code: .us

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