Czech Republic Communications

Telephones - main lines in use: 3.626 million (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 9,708,700 (2003)

Telephone system: general assessment: privatization and modernization of the Czech telecommunication system got a late start but is advancing steadily; growth in the use of mobile cellular telephones is particularly vigorous domestic: 86% of exchanges now digital; existing copper subscriber systems now being enhanced with Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) equipment to accommodate Internet and other digital signals; trunk systems include fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay international: country code - 420; satellite earth stations - 2 Intersputnik (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions), 1 Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 1 Globalstar

Radio broadcast stations: AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000)

Television broadcast stations: 150 (plus 1,434 repeaters) (2000)

Internet country code: .cz

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 2.7 million (2003)



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