Telephone Telecommunications_in_Macau

ctm telephone booth

the number of telephone lines has been increasing since mid-1990s. in 1997 there 222,456 telephones; 1999, 300,066 lines in use. in 1999 there 686 telephone lines per 1,000 people. cellular-telephone-use statistics not available. international access via hong kong , mainland china , via intelsat (indian ocean). alcatel-lucent granted contract in february 2007 collocate cdma2000 1xev-do (revision a) high-speed wireless network in macau china unicom. following completion of upgrades in related software , hardware, china unicom equipped facilities needed provide high-speed mobile data services users in macau, including broadcasting , video telephony.

telephone main lines in use: 175,592 (july 2006)
mobile cellular telephones: 325,016 (july 2006)

telephone system: modern communication facilities maintained domestic , international services

domestic: n/a
international: hf radiotelephone communication facility; access international communications carriers provided via hong kong , mainland china; satellite earth station - 1 intelsat (indian ocean)
users: 88,653 (2005)

mobile phone operators