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Brazil: Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use:
| 38.81 million (2002)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
| 46,373,300 (2003)
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Telephone system:
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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
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Radio broadcast stations:
| AM 1,365, FM 296, shortwave 161 (of which 91 are collocated with AM stations) (1999)
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Radios:
| 71 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
| 138 (1997)
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Televisions:
| 36.5 million (1997)
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Internet country code:
| .br
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Internet hosts:
| 3,163,349 (2003)
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
| 50 (2000)
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Internet users:
| 14.3 million (2002) |
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