Telephones:
In 1998, there were 399 post offices in the city. The total handling capacity of the telephone switchboards was 2.4476 million entries. The total handling capacity of long-distance telephone automatic switchboards was 65,000 channels. The total number of telephone sets was 2.5958 million. International long-distance direct-dialing telephone service was provided for reaching 226 countries and regions in the world.
Radio and TV stations:
There are now six sets of radio programs with an average daily broadcasting time of 116 hours and 30 minutes. There are three sets of municipal TV programs.
