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Egypt Hotels and Resorts - has a mystical and timeless appeal that has been attracting travellers from far and wide for many centuries. From the fascinating sights of the Pharoahs, on the banks of the Nile at Luxor to the glorious beaches of the Red Sea at Sharm El Sheikh, this is a land of great contrast, where ancient and modern life exist side by side.
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Egypt Communications
| Telephones - main lines in use: | 7.43 million (2002) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: | 4,494,700 (2002) |
| Telephone system: | general assessment: large system; underwent extensive upgrading during 1990s and is reasonably modern; Internet access and cellular service are available domestic: principal centers at Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah, Ismailia, Suez, and Tanta are connected by coaxial cable and microwave radio relay international: country code - 20; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat; 5 coaxial submarine cables; tropospheric scatter to Sudan; microwave radio relay to Israel; a participant in Medarabtel and a signatory to Project Oxygen (a global submarine fiber-optic cable system) |
| Radio broadcast stations: | purchasing power parity - $3,900 (2003 est.) |
| Television broadcast stations: | 150 |
| Internet country code: | .eg |
| Internet hosts: | 3,061 |
| Internet users: | 3 million |