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Czech Republic Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
3.63 million (2003 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
9,708,700 (2003 est.)
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 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
150 (plus 1434 repeaters) (2000 est.)
Internet country code:
.cz
Internet hosts:
295,677 (2004 est.)
Internet users:
2.7 million (2003 est.)
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