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France Communications:

Telephones — main lines in use:
33,905,400 (2003 est.)

Telephones — mobile cellular:
41,683,100 (2003 est.)

Telephone system:
general assessment: highly developed
domestic: extensive cable and microwave radio relay; extensive introduction of fiber-optic cable; domestic satellite system
international: country code - 33; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (with total of 5 antennas - 2 for Indian Ocean and 3 for Atlantic Ocean), NA Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region); HF radiotelephone communications with more than 20 countries

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 41 , FM about 3500 this figure is an approximation and includes many repeaters, shortwave 2 (1998 est.)

Television broadcast stations:
584 (plus 9,676 repeaters) (1995 est.)

Internet country code:
.fr

Internet hosts:
2,396,761 (2004 est.)

Internet users:
21.9 million (2003 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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