Philippines Communications 2008

Telephones - main lines in use:
3.633 million (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
42.869 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; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone density exceeds 50 telephones per 100 persons with more than 10 mobile cellular subscribers for every fixed-line subscriber
international: country code - 63; a series of submarine cables together provide connectivity to Asia, US, the Middle East, and Europe; multiple international gateways (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)