Main City Codes:
Bloemfontein 51, Cape Town 21, De Aar 571, Durban 31, East London 431, Gordons Bay 24, Johannesburg 11, Kimberley 531, Kwamashu 31, La Lucia 31, Pietermaritzburg 331, Port Elizabeth 41, Pretoria 12, Sasolburg 16, Somerset West 21, Uitenhage 41, Welkom 57
Mobile Phone Codes:
Cell-C 84, MTN 73, 83, Vodacom 72, 82
Communications: South Africa
- Telephones - main lines in use:
- more than 5 million (2001)
- Telephones - mobile cellular:
- 7.06 million (2001)
- Telephone system:
- general assessment: the system is the best developed and most modern in Africa
- domestic: consists of carrier-equipped open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay links, fiber-optic cable, radiotelephone communication stations, and wireless local loops; key centers are Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, and Pretoria
- international: 2 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean)
- Internet country code:
- .za
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
- 150 (2001)
- Internet users:
- 3.068 million (2002)
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