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Media Stats: compare key data on Egypt & Gaza Strip

Definitions

  • Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
  • Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
  • Internet > Users > Per capita: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
    Arabsat -
  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
  • Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
  • Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Internet country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Internet > TLD: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
STAT Egypt Gaza Strip HISTORY
Broadcast media mix of state-run and private broadcast media; state-run TV operates 2 national and 6 regional terrestrial networks as well as a few satellite channels; about 20 private satellite channels and a large number of Arabic satellite channels are available via subscription; state-run radio operates about 70 stations belonging to 8 networks; 2 privately-owned radio stations operational 1 m
Internet > Internet Service Providers 50
Ranked 21st. 17 times more than Gaza Strip
3
Ranked 140th.
Internet > Users 8.62 million
Ranked 28th. 24 times more than Gaza Strip
355,500
Ranked 95th.

Internet > Users > Per capita 107.3 per 1,000 people
Ranked 102nd.
239.81 per 1,000 people
Ranked 72nd. 2 times more than Egypt

Internet users 20.14 million
Ranked 21st. 15 times more than Gaza Strip
1.38 million
Ranked 86th.
Radio broadcast stations AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 AM 0, FM 8, shortwave 0
Telephone system > Domestic largest fixed-line system in the region; as of 2011 there were multiple mobile-cellular networks with a total of roughly 83 million subscribers Israeli company BEZEK and the Palestinian company PALTEL are responsible for fixed-line services; the Palestinian JAWWAL company provides cellular services
Telephone system > General assessment underwent extensive upgrading during 1990s; principal centers at Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah, Ismailia, Suez, and Tanta are connected by coaxial cable and microwave radio relay Gaza continues to repair the damage to its telecommunications infrastructure caused by fighting in 2009
Telephone system > International country code - 20; landing point for Aletar, the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks, Link Around the Globe (FLAG) Falcon and FLAG FEA; satellite earth stations - 4 (2 Intelsat - Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat); tropospheric scatter to Sudan; microwave radio relay to Israel; a participant in Medarabtel country code - 970
Telephones > Main lines in use 8.71 million
Ranked 23th. 26 times more than Gaza Strip
337,000
Ranked 109th.

Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 139.78 per 1,000 people
Ranked 71st.
236.37 per 1,000 people
Ranked 50th. 69% more than Egypt

Telephones > Mobile cellular 83.42 million
Ranked 16th. 35 times more than Gaza Strip
2.4 million
Ranked 130th.

Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 374.25 per 1,000 people
Ranked 107th.
692.12 per 1,000 people
Ranked 77th. 85% more than Egypt

Television broadcast stations 98
Ranked 12th. 98 times more than Gaza Strip
1
Ranked 11th.

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 1.6 per 1 million people
Ranked 25th. 2 times more than Gaza Strip
0.727 per 1 million people
Ranked 11th.
Internet country code .eg .ps
Internet > TLD .eg .ps; note - same as West Bank

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Internet World Stats, June 30, 2010; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

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