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Other pages in this profile of the Philippines:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
3.367 million (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
41.6 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: good international radiotelephone and submarine cable services; domestic and inter-island service adequate domestic: domestic satellite system with 11 earth stations; cellular communications now dominate the industry with roughly 10 mobile cellular subscribers for every fixed-line subscriber international: country code - 63; 11 international gateways; submarine cables to Hong Kong, Guam, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Brunei, and Malaysia among others (2006) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 375, FM 596, shortwave 4 (each shortwave station operates on multiple frequencies in the language of the target audience) (2006) |
Television broadcast stations |
233 (plus 1,480 CATV networks) (2006) |
Internet country code |
.ph |
Internet hosts |
271,609 (2007) |
Internet users |
4.615 million (2005) |
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Airports |
255 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 84 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 26 914 to 1,523 m: 36 under 914 m: 10 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 171 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 68 under 914 m: 99 (2007) |
Heliports |
2 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 565 km; oil 135 km; refined products 105 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 897 km narrow gauge: 897 km 1.067-m gauge (492 km are in operation) (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 200,037 km paved: 19,804 km unpaved: 180,233 km (2003) |
Waterways |
3,219 km (limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m) (2007) |
Merchant marine |
total: 383 ships (1000 GRT or over) 4,542,681 GRT/6,164,312 DWT by type: bulk carrier 75, cargo 120, chemical tanker 16, container 5, liquefied gas 5, livestock carrier 16, passenger 7, passenger/cargo 66, petroleum tanker 34, refrigerated cargo 14, roll on/roll off 13, vehicle carrier 12 foreign-owned: 135 (Bermuda 31, China 2, Greece 3, Hong Kong 2, Japan 69, Malaysia 2, Netherlands 22, Norway 2, Singapore 1, UAE 1) registered in other countries: 34 (Australia 1, Bahamas 1, Belize 1, Comoros 1, Cyprus 1, Ecuador 1, Hong Kong 10, Indonesia 1, Panama 12, Singapore 4, St Vincent and The Grenadines 1) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iligan, Iloilo, Manila, Surigao |
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