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Brazil Communications:

Telephones — main lines in use:
38.81 million (2002 est.)

Telephones — mobile cellular:
46,373,300 (2003 est.)

Telephone system:
general assessment: good working system
domestic: extensive microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 64 earth stations
international: country code - 55; 3 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region east), connected by microwave relay system to Mercosur Brazilsat B3 satellite earth station

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1365 , FM 296 , shortwave 161 (of which 91 are collocated with AM stations) (1999 est.)

Television broadcast stations:
138 (1997 est.)

Internet country code:
.br

Internet hosts:
3,163,349 (2003 est.)

Internet users:
14.3 million (2002 est.)

Communications — note:
NA


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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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