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 | CIA World Factbook 2005 |
Czech Republic: Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use: |
3.626 million (2003)
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Telephones - mobile cellular: |
9,708,700 (2003)
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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
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Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000)
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Radios: |
3,159,134 (December 2000)
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Television broadcast stations: |
150 (plus 1,434 repeaters) (2000)
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Televisions: |
3,405,834 (December 2000)
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Internet country code: |
.cz
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Internet hosts: |
295,677 (2004)
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
more than 300 (2000)
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Internet users: |
2.7 million (2003)
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