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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) | | Television broadcast
stations | 150 (plus 1,434 repeaters) (2000) | | | Internet country code | .cz | | | Internet users | 5.1 million (2005) | |
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