Communications of Czech Republic
Telephones - main lines in use: | 3,217,300 (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular: | 11.776 million (2005) |
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) |
Radios: | 3,159,134 (December 2000) |
Television broadcast stations: | 150 (plus 1,434 repeaters) (2000) |
Televisions: | 3,405,834 (December 2000) |
Internet country code: | .cz |
Internet hosts: | 1.267 million (2006) |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): | more than 300 (2000) |
Internet users: | 5.1 million (2005) |