!!!South Africa: Communication
||Telephones - fixed lines|''total subscriptions'': 4,131,055 \\ ''subscriptions per 100 inhabitants'': 8 (July 2015 est.) \\ 
||Telephones - mobile cellular|''total'': 85.197 million \\ ''subscriptions per 100 inhabitants'': 159 (July 2015 est.) \\ 
||Telephone system|''general assessment'': the system is the best-developed and most modern in Africa \\ ''domestic'': combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is roughly 165 telephones per 100 persons; consists of carrier-equipped open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay links, fiber-optic cable, radiotelephone communication stations, and wireles \\ ''international'': country code - 27; the SAT-3/WASC and SAFE fiber-optic submarine cable systems connect South Africa to Europe and Asia; the EASSy fiber-optic cable system connects with Europe and North America; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 (2015) \\ 
||Broadcast media|the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) operates 4 TV stations, 3 are free-to-air and 1 is pay TV; e.tv, a private station, is accessible to more than half the population; multiple subscription TV services provide a mix of local and internationa (2007)
||Internet country code|.za
||Internet users|''total'': 27.868 million \\ ''percent of population'': 51.9% (July 2015 est.) \\