Communications In Canada

Telephones - mobile cellular: 8,751,300 (1997)

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 432, FM 1527, shortwave 6 (2003)

Radios: 32.3 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 1456 (128 originating stations, 1328 retransmitters) (2003)

Televisions: 21.5 million (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 760 (2000 est.)

Country Codes : CA, CDN, 124

retained call letters beginning with VO''' when Newfoundland joined Canadian Confederation in 1949 . Stations owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation use '''CB''' through a special agreement with the government of Chile . Some codes beginning with '''VE''' and '''VF''' are also in use to identify radio repeater transmitters.

Internet users: 16.84 million (2002)

Total households with Internet access: 6.7 million out of 12.3 million (2004)

Total households with high speed connection: 65% (2004)

Total users of home online Banking : 57% (2004)

Most connected are from Alberta , British Columbia and Ontario (2004)

''See also: Canada , Canadian Radio-television And Telecommunications Commission , Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , Media In Canada .''

Source: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/GENERAL/statistics/tab2003-1.htm

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