Telephones - main lines in use : 194 million (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 69.209 million (1998)
Telephone system : General assessment : a very 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 : 24 ocean cable systems in use; 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 4,762, FM 5,542, shortwave 18 (1998)
Television broadcast stations : more than 1,500 (including nearly 1,000 stations affiliated with the five major networks - NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and PBS; in addition, there are about 9,000 cable TV systems) (1997)

Internet country code : “.us”
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 7,000 (2002 est.)
Internet users : 165.75 million (2002)