Austria: Communications

Communications Austria
Telephones - main lines in use:
 3.988 million (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
 6.415 million (2002)
Telephone system:
 general 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: country code - 43; 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 65 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1 (2001)
Radios:
 6.08 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
 10 (plus more than 1,000 repeaters) (2001)
Televisions:
 4.25 million (1997)
Internet country code:
 .at
Internet hosts:
 367,933 (2002)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
 37 (2000)
Internet users:
 3.34 million (2002)

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