Communications in Austria

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Telephones - main lines in use: 4 million (consisting of 3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 Integrated Services Digital Network connections); in addition, there are 300,000 Asymmetric Digital Services lines (01/2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 8,153,900 (October 2005)

Telephone system:
gerneral assessment: highly developed and efficient
domestic: there are 48 main lines for every 100 persons; the fiber optic net is very extensive; all telephone applications and Internet services are available
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Eutelsat; in addition, there are about 600 VSAT (very small aperture terminals) (2002)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 160 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1 (2001)

Radios: 6.08 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 45 (plus more than 1,000 repeaters) (2001)

Televisions: 4.25 million (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 37 (2000) Internet users: 3.7 million (2002)

Country code: AT

[edit] See also

• Austria
• Area codes in Austria

[edit] References

• This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain. 2002