COMMUNICATION OF UNITED STATES| Telephones in use: | 160.2 million (2009) |
| Cellular Phones in use: | 259 million (2009) |
| Telephone system: | general assessment: a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country international: country code - 1; multiple ocean cable systems provide international connectivity; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions) (2000) |
| Radio broadcast stations: | AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19 (2009) |
| Television broadcast stations: | 2,218 (2009) |
| Internet country code: | .us |
| Internet hosts: | 316 million (2008); note - the US Internet total host count includes the following top level domain host addresses: .us, .com, .edu, .gov, .mil, .net, and .org |
| Internet users: | 230 million (2009) |
