Hong Kong - Communications

Telephones - mobile cellular: 9.356 million (2006)

Telephone system:  
general assessment: modern facilities provide excellent domestic and international services
domestic: microwave radio relay links and extensive fiber-optic network
international: country code - 852; multiple international submarine cables provide connections to Asia, US, Australia, the Middle East, and Western Europe; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); coaxial cable to Guangzhou, China

Radio broadcast stations:  
AM 5, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2004)

Television broadcast stations:  
55 (2 TV networks, each broadcasting on 2 channels) (2006)

Internet country code: .hk

Internet hosts: 812,137 (2007)

Internet users: 3.77 million (2006)

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook January 2008.