Canada: Communications

[Source: 1998 CIA World Factbook]

Telephones: 15.3 million (1990)

Telephone system: excellent service provided by modern technology

• domestic: domestic satellite system with about 300 earth stations
• international: 5 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations—5 Intelsat (4 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) and 2 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean Region)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 900, FM 29, shortwave 0

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 70 (repeaters 1,400) (1991)

Televisions: 11.53 million (1983 est.)