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The primary regulator of communications in the United States is the Federal Communications Commission. It closely regulates all of the industries mentioned below with the exception of the Internet service provider industry. The FCCs official seal. ...
Telephone
Telephones - main lines in use: 178 million (1999)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 55.312 million (1997)
Telephone 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: 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) Intelsat, Ltd. ...
INMARSAT, is an international telecommunications company founded in 1979, originally as an intergovernmental organisation. ...
- Note: The American telephone system was formerly operated by a single monopoly, AT&T, which was split up in 1984 into a long-distance telephone company and several local "Baby Bells."
- At present, landline telephone service continues to be divided between "local" phone monopolies and several competing "long-distance" companies. Most states have several competing cellular phone networks, which often include generous long-distance rates in their plans. As of 2005, some of the Baby Bells are beginning to merge with long-distance phone companies. A small number of consumers are currently experimenting with Voice over Internet Protocol phone service.
- Most local service to homes is provided through old-fashioned copper wire, although many of the Baby Bells are beginning to upgrade the so-called "last mile" to fiber optic.
AT&T Inc. ...
The Regional Bell operating companies (RBOC) are the result of the United States antitrust action against AT&T in 1983. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
IP Telephony, also called Internet telephony, is the technology that makes it possible to have a telephone conversation over the Internet or a dedicated Internet Protocol (IP) network instead of dedicated voice transmission lines. ...
Radio Radio broadcast stations: AM: 4,757; FM commercial stations: 6,231; FM educational stations: 2,672; FM translators & boosters: 3,995; low-power FM stations: 675 (as of December 31, 2005, according to the Federal Communications Commission) The FCCs official seal. ...
Radios: 575 million (1997) Clear Channel Communications (NYSE: CCU) is a media company based in the United States of America. ...
NPR logo NPR redirects here. ...
Television Television broadcast stations: 9,024 (of which 1,750 are full-power TV stations; 592 are class-A TV stations; 4,537 are TV translators; and 2,145 are other low-power TV stations) (as of December 31, 2005, according to the Federal Communications Commission); in addition, there are about 12,000 cable TV systems. The FCCs official seal. ...
- Most local commercial television stations are owned-and-operated or affiliated with the large national broadcast networks such as ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, UPN and The WB. There are also some television networks aimed at ethnic minorities, such as Spanish language networks Univisión and Telemundo. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), is the public broadcasting network, with over 300 non-profit affiliated stations across the United States. Besides the large broadcast networks (which are free for anyone with a TV and an antenna), there are also many networks available only with a subscription to cable or satellite television, like CNN.
Televisions: 219 million (1997) The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ...
For other uses, see CBS (disambiguation). ...
The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. ...
NBC, formerly called the National Broadcasting Company, is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...
UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) is a television network in the United States, owned by CBS Corporation, which also owns the more widespread CBS network. ...
The WB Television Network is a television network in the United States, founded as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. ...
This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ...
This redirect page is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...
Telemundo is a U.S. television network based in Hialeah, Florida. ...
PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ...
The Cable News Network, usually referred to as CNN, is a cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner[1] [2]. It is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System, owned by Time Warner. ...
See also: Television in the United States, List of United States broadcast television networks, List of United States cable and satellite television networks This article is about television in the United States, specifically its history, art, business and government regulation. ...
In the United States, for most of the history of broadcasting, there were only four major national broadcasting networks. ...
The following is a list of cable and satellite networks broadcasting in the United States. ...
Internet Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 7,600 (1999 est.) - Because of aggressive lobbying and the United States' strong libertarian traditions, the Internet service provider industry remains relatively unregulated in comparison to other communications industries.
Country code (Top level domain): US See also Libertarianism and Libertarian Party Libertarian,is a term for person who has made a conscious and principled commitment, evidenced by a statement or Pledge, to forswear violating others rights and usually living in voluntary communities: thus in law no longer subject to government supervision. ...
- For various historical reasons, the .us domain was never widely used outside of a small number of government agencies and school districts. Most companies (including small ones who should have been under .us) signed up for top level domains like .com instead.
- At present, NeuStar Inc. now has control over the .us registry and is trying to promote the domain as an option for American-oriented Web sites.
- See also : United States of America; Media in the United States
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