Telecommunications in Canada - Telephone

Telephone

Telephones – main lines in use: 18.251 million (2009)

Telephones – mobile cellular: 23.081 million (2009)

Telephone system:

  • Domestic: domestic satellite system with about 300 earth stations
  • International: 7 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations – 5 Intelsat (4 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) and 2 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) (2007)

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