Communications in South Korea (original) (raw)

**Telephones - main lines in use:**23.1 million (1998)

**Telephones - mobile cellular:**8.6 million (1998)

**Telephone system:**excellent domestic and international services
_domestic:_NA
international: fiber-optic submarine cable to China; the Russia-Korea-Japan submarine cable; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat (Pacific Ocean region)

**Radio broadcast stations:**AM 106, FM 97, shortwave 6 (1999)

**Radios:**47.5 million (1997)

**Television broadcast stations:**121 (plus 850 repeater stations and the eight-channel American Forces Korea Network) (1999)

**Televisions:**15.9 million (1997)

**Internet Service Providers (ISPs):**11 (1999)

Country code (Top-level domain): KR

See also : South Korea