Telephones - main lines in use 12.49 million (September 2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular 16 million (September 2000)

Telephone system
general assessment: provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
domestic: thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); submarine cables to Japan (Okinawa), Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, Middle East, and Western Europe (1999)

Radio broadcast stations AM 218, FM 333, shortwave 50 (1999)

Radios 16 million (1994)

Television broadcast stations 29 (plus two repeaters) (1997)

Televisions 8.8 million (1998)

Internet country code .tw

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 8 (2000)

Internet users 11.6 million (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Taiwan on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Taiwan Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Taiwan Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.