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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 131
167,500 (2010)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 152
1.122 million (2010)
Telephone system
General assessment
Fairly modern communication facilities maintained for domestic and international services Domestic Termination of monopoly over mobile-cellular telephone services in 2001 spurred sharp increase in subscriptions with mobile-cellular teledensity approaching 200 per 100 persons in 2010; fixed-line subscribership appears to have peaked and is now in decline International Country code - 853; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; HF radiotelephone communication facility; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2010) Broadcast media
Local government dominates broadcast media; 2 television stations operated by the government with one broadcasting in Portuguese and the other in Cantonese and Mandarin; cable and satellite TV services available; 3 radio stations broadcasting, of which 2 are government-operated (2010) Internet country code
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Internet hosts World Ranking: 190
284 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 134
270,200 (2009)
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Macau S A R (Special Administrative Region):
 
GPS points from Macau S A R (Special Administrative Region)
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Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on 20 December 1999. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's political and economic system would not be imposed on Macau, and that Macau would enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign affairs and defense for the next 50 years.