Communications in the Philippines

Telephones - main lines in use:
 3.633 million (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
 51.795 million (2007)
Telephone system:
 general assessment: good international radiotelephone and submarine cable services; domestic and interisland service adequate

domestic: domestic satellite system with 11 earth stations; cellular communications now dominate the industry; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone density about 60 telephones per 100 persons

international: country code - 63; a series of submarine cables together provide connectivity to Asia, US, the Middle East, and Europe; multiple international gateways (2007)
Radio broadcast stations:
 AM 381, FM 628, shortwave 4 (2007)
Radios:
 11.5 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
 250 (plus 1,501 CATV networks) (2007)
Televisions:
 3.7 million (1997)
Internet country code:
 .ph
Internet hosts:
 283,579 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
 33 (2000)
Internet users:
 5.3 million (2007)